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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Migrate your business- and mission-critical workloads to Azure infrastructure and improve operational efficiency. Run SQL Server, SAP, Oracle® software and high-performance computing applications on Azure Virtual Machines. Choose your favorite Linux distribution or Windows Server.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines 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.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+93 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 Virtual Machines?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Hybrid Support

Automated Deployment

Open Source-Based

Multiple Region Support

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Networking

Analytics and Reporting

Cloud Backup

Regulatory Compliance

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Ose U.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Fantastic Product, love the CoPilot Integration!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Windows Licensing and Pricing

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy implementation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Memory Optimised VMs can be cheaper

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it!!

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Respectful
Client Friendly Policies

Cons

Less Performance Enhancing
Commodity Features
Under Delivered

Aditya B.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Easy to implement and secure

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Easy to implement, Security, Restrictions are easy to implement as well

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Security is the best aspect as it is very secure and easy to implement as well

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost is the biggest problem because after implementing everything you realise that it cost more then expected

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It can be less costlier for small business to use

Pros

Efficient Service
Respectful
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Cons

Commodity Features
Vendor Friendly Policies
Less Transparent

Rajat M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Great for organizations of every size

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Broad OS support and seamless Azure system integration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Scalability and pay as you go pricing

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complex Cost management

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ideal for flexible, cloud-based virtualization needs

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies

How We Deliver

Events

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

What is Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Pros

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

Hybrid Support Ability to support both cloud traditional IT, ability to move workload between clouds

Automated Deployment Clouds can be deployed on-demand and are ready to use in under one minute.

Open Source-Based OpenMetal is built on OpenStack and Ceph, which allows for lower costs than other providers and no license fees.

Multiple Region Support Customers can easily move their services into another one of our data centers for simplified and fast multi-region availability.

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Networking Software defined networking and automation

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Ose U.

Fantastic Product, love the CoPilot Integration!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Aditya B.

Easy to implement and secure

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Rajat M.

Great for organizations of every size

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Hybrid Support

Automated Deployment

Open Source-Based

Multiple Region Support

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Networking

Analytics and Reporting

Cloud Backup

Regulatory Compliance

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support