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Microsoft Azure Automation

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

7.8 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Automation?

Azure Automation delivers a cloud-based automation and configuration service that provides consistent management across your Azure and non-Azure environments. It consists of process automation, update management, and configuration features. Azure Automation provides complete control during deployment, operations, and decommissioning of workloads and resources.

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Microsoft Azure Automation Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Automation?

7% Negative

11% Neutral

82% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Resource Availability

Task Process Automation

Agent or Agentless

Systems Administration

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Definition

Scripting Support

Service Templates

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Configuration Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Microsoft Azure Automation Reviews

Agam A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

tech support is pathetic

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

its simpler to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

automation workflow is visible so its easy to track error

What do you dislike most about this product?

the log analytics workspace integration is pathetic

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

please look for alternative

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Avleen K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Best in class Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

Support hybrid environments Can do large scale automation tasks Can build control tower for client including onboarding users , Networking , IAM , Vnet , Apps deployment on go Integration with azure monitor service is really cool feature we use it for VM change tracking puprposes

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure configuration management

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not as such , as we are using it a lot and didnt find any

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

can use it for setting up lasrge scale infra and do configuration management from a single repo but comes with high cost

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Sarbpreet S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Shipping
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Best among all

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

User friendly UI. Availability of both drag and drop and manual code features. It can be costly as compared to others but saves a slot of time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Availability of both drag and drop features and code options such as YAML files. Its time saving to write a template a use same with different variables for different environments,

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its can be hard to learn for some and costly as well.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would suggest to give it a try with free/demo options and see if it works for you.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Microsoft Azure Automation Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Resource Availability Orchestration/Provisioning software must be able to allocate resources for new server requests so that compute, memory and storage is not over-provisioned.

Task Process Automation Automation of tasks and processes of the Orchestration/Provisioning software without systems administration intervention.

Agent or Agentless The orchestration, provisioning, deployment and management of servers being done with or without a software agent.

Systems Administration Tools allowing the systems administration of multiple servers through a single tool, to reduce repetitive task execution.

Dynamic Scalability Ability to scale servers up or down, depending on resource requirements. This activity may be automated, triggered by conditions, or be completely manual.

Resource Definition The systems administrator defines resources needed for the new server definition, which is processed and deployed by the Orchestration/Provisioning software.

Scripting Support Support for systems scripting languages such as Python and Java to further automate operating systems level tasks.

Service Templates Templates for standard server configurations, to allow for expedited provisioning and deployment of standard server types.

Workflow Support The ability to incorporate pre-defined workflows into provisioned servers.

Multi Tenancy Software works in tandem with hosting system and the management of the multiple systems running in the same environment with appropriate levels of segregation.

Configuration Management Tracking of server configuration and configuration changes.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Microsoft Azure Automation Reviews

Agam A.

tech support is pathetic

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Avleen K.

Best in class Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sarbpreet S.

Best among all

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Resource Availability

Task Process Automation

Agent or Agentless

Systems Administration

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Definition

Scripting Support

Service Templates

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Configuration Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation