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Microsoft Azure Automation

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

7.8 /10

37 Reviews Write a Review

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

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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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

Emily R.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Only good for seamless integration

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

Easy integration with other Microsoft products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration with active directory

What do you dislike most about this product?

Comparable to free to use products

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Check out free to use options first

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Fair
Trustworthy

Cons

Less Caring

Kaniaru K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Automation gives you complete control

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

Update Management, windows and Linux support Shared capabilities Source control integration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Change Tracking and Inventory Azure Automation State Configuration

What do you dislike most about this product?

there are very little automation and generally the platform requires expertise

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Process automation supports the integration of Azure services and other third party systems required in deploying, configuring, and managing your end-to-end processes.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Michael N.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Good product but almost too general in capabilitie

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

The breadth of capabilities and products covered by azure automation is wide as it can also be multi-cloud

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It does make repetitive or forgotten maintenance jobs easier for me

What do you dislike most about this product?

It sometimes feels like it's trying to do too much all at once, where other more specific tools could be more usefully implemented

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Consider all minor pain points before implementation because those will be the ones azure automation will be handling

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful

Cons

Less Efficient Service
Vendor Friendly Policies
Vendor's Interest First

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Microsoft Azure Automation Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

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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

Emily R.

Only good for seamless integration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Kaniaru K.

Automation gives you complete control

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Michael N.

Good product but almost too general in capabilitie

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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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