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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92 Likeliness to Recommend
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98 Plan to Renew
87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+92 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?
Pros
- Security Protects
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Respectful
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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews
Stephen H.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2021
great platform
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?
licences and development wise .net platforms are ideally placed
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
ease of management
What do you dislike most about this product?
the credit utilisation
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
having a good team who understands the limit settings
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Fernando M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2021
Fantastic Cloud with great integration and ease
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?
A lot of integration tools with other Microsoft software. Portal is really easy to use and implement new services
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I really like the ease to implement new services and the possibility to do it using the command line.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Some products and services are not still available in all regions and Azure doesn't offer them yet.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It's really worth it and very useful, but plan your project and check how could use on Azure before.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Respectful
- Fair
- Over Delivered
Cons
- Commodity Features
M.Burak M.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Nov 2021
Features disappoint.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?
Ease of Use, Low Cost
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
For a small to medium IT department whose core mission is to maintain basic IT services like AD, DNS, and some Apps, there is no better choice than Azure since it can integrate really easily to already existing resources like windows 10 machines, SharePoint, .NET Apps, teams, and office 365, allowing a progressive and smooth transition of many of those services to the cloud. Many other cloud providers are better and cheaper at offering virtual machines but the bread of managed services Azure provides and how those integrate with each other, I have not seen in any other cloud provider, and for us, the use of managed services has made all the d
What do you dislike most about this product?
Since it's is fast-evolving technology, pricing and capabilities had changed a couple of times causing an increase in cost in most cases. For example, there is a new restriction in the number of applications you can run in an Azure APP Service for the basic plan, forcing you to create an additional service to host the same number of apps.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
A preferable product
Pros
- Generous Negotitation
- Over Delivered
- Reliable
- Caring
Cons
- Wastes Time
- Leverages Incumbent Status
- Slower Product Innovation
