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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Composite Score
9.0 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10
Category
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
9.0 /10

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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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

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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

92

Automated Deployment

91

Open Source-Based

91

Multiple Region Support

89

Load Balancing

87

Cloud Integration

87

Access Management

86

Networking

86

Analytics and Reporting

86

Cloud Backup

86

Regulatory Compliance

86

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

86

Quality of Features

86

Business Value Created

85

Breadth of Features

85

Ease of Implementation

85

Ease of Data Integration

85

Usability and Intuitiveness

84

Availability and Quality of Training

84

Ease of Customization

83

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

83

Vendor Support

82

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Vishal S.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Best for creating VMs with high configuration

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

It’s one of the best AVD( virtual desktop) -VMs as compare to others in terms of easy to use and better configuration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Best congratulations and easy to scale up and down.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No such dislikes. For more cost effective one need to go for saving plans or reserved instances.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It’s highly recommended clients who want to lower overall cost for IT procurements.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Shaun M.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Secure and robust platform

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Availability of features such as Scale Sets and Application Gateway.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The way that all of the features work together

What do you dislike most about this product?

Possible to spend a lot of money very quickly if you're not careful

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If possible, set up a free trial which will allow you to get a good way down the path of finding out whether it's good for your use case.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Commodity Features

Jack D.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Properly built, properly optimized

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

The ability to easily connect and scale virtual machines alongside other Azure services simplifies cloud infrastructure management

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The integration with on-premises infrastructure through Azure Arc allows for a unified management experience.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While Azure provides detailed pricing information, the multitude of factors influencing costs can be overwhelming.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take advantage of Azure Policy and Azure Security Center to implement governance and security best practices across your VM deployments.

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Respectful
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Friendly Negotiation

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