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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

Sivaraman R.

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

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Submitted Jul 2022

Amazing Automation tool for all types of businesse

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

Low code development and connector availability is amazing. It's too easy to implement and even non technical user can design the flows

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Quick time.to market using low code, pre defined templates to improve the productivity and business agility. Low code development to aid business changes incl cost savings

What do you dislike most about this product?

Performance is a bit worry

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Must needed tool for SMB businesses and right strategic tool for automation

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

Mayara G.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

Not so intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

Good integration with every Microsoft tool

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Excelent documentation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not so intuitive and not easy to use

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The documentation will help you. Very good documentation.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Caring

Saral k.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2021

"Provide the best Cloud-based Automation service"

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Automation from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Automation provides cloud-based automation services like Process Automation, change tracking and inventory, update management and many more. Using Process Automation service users automate the manual, long-running, error-prone, and frequently repeated tasks. Using the change tracking and inventory service users can track virtual machines, servers, software. Using update management services users get information regarding an update for the operating system's version on a machine if an update shouldn't be installed on a machine so the user can schedule an update using these service.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Azure Automation uses a highly scalable and reliable workflow execution engine to simplify cloud management. This product saves time and increases the reliability of regular administrative tasks and also schedule a task to be automatically performed at regular intervals. Users can create Runbook in Author PowerShell, Python2. These runbook perform some automated process like starting a virtual machine and creating a log entry in Azure Automation. After creating an automation in the azure portal this product provides several resources like tutorial Runbook, tutorial script Runbook, tutorialpython2 Runbook.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Since I have used Microsoft Azure Automation never face any issues. This product provides the best features and reliable service to users.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Are you looking for software that automates your frequently repeated task across external systems? I recommend you to go with Microsoft Azure Automation. You can integrate Azure Automation with many services like website, cloud services, virtual machine. After the automation account is created this product provides very useful resources for you. You can create your own runbooks from scratch or you can modify runbook from the runbook gallery as per requirement.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

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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

Sivaraman R.

Amazing Automation tool for all types of businesse

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mayara G.

Not so intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Saral k.

"Provide the best Cloud-based Automation service"

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