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庐 software and high-performance computing applications on Azure Virtual Machines. Choose your favorite Linux distribution or Windows Server.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend
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98 Plan to Renew
87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+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?
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- Security Protects
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Reliable
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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews
Shaun M.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2024
Secure and robust platform
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Jordan O.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2025
Reliable cloud compute platform
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?
Being a cloud-based platform that enables us to deploy, manage, and scale virtual machines makes it stand out in the market. It also provides us with flexible compute resources, robust security, and integration with other Azure services, making it ideal for hosting applications and supporting workloads without having us to rely on on-premises hardware anymore.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I use the product to deploy scalable applications without worrying about physical hardware or maintenance. The flexibility in selecting operating systems makes development environments easy to customize for my team. Security features like Azure Security Centre give me peace of mind.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I solely rely on the platform to quickly spin up temporary development environments. So I like it as a whole.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I recommend MS Azure VM for a scalable cloud infrastructure without worrying about physical servers or maintenance. The platform has a learning curve for beginners, so there should be an onboarding training session.鈥�
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
Sharin S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2025
Flexible VMs with excellent integration options
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?
Their strong integration with other Microsoft services like Entra ID, Azure SQL database and Azure app services.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Flexibility for hybrid cloud deployment and disaster recovery solution. Integration with other Microsoft services and scaling is much easier.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It can be hard to predict monthly cost spicily storage cost, read write operation cost and bandwidth charge.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Take advantage of cost optimization tools and explore hybrid cloud features for better integration with existing Microsoft services.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
