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reviewer1630506 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager, Senior Java Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
A very user friendly interface, easy access, and great features
Pros and Cons
  • "Great features at a good price."
  • "Performance could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I am a customer of Microsoft Azure and this solution is for my personal use. 

What is most valuable?

Compared to other solutions, I find Azure to be the best organized in terms of user interface, access, and features. The Google cloud platform is very awkward, access is not easy and it's difficult to see the prerequisites for your needs. With Microsoft, everything is easily accessible, you see all the preconditions, all the requirements with great monitoring, and at a good price. They do a lot of promotions so I was able to get the Azure subscription with my Visual Studio subscription. 

What needs improvement?

It's possible that the performance could be improved, but it's not a big issue. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for two years. 

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How are customer service and support?

I haven't had experience with Microsoft's technical support because they offer good insights in the platform itself.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this product. 

I rate this solution a nine out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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reviewer1628190 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Projects Manager at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Stable, reasonably priced, and has the ability to scale
Pros and Cons
  • "We have found the scalability to be good."
  • "The deployment was quite complex."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution as a server for some applications. 

What is most valuable?

As a software data center, we can put some pretty cool applications running there.

The stability is very good. It's reliable. 

We have found the scalability to be good. 

The pricing is reasonable. It's not too expensive.

What needs improvement?

They develop so fast, it's hard to trace the technology. They have a lot of folders, for example, and it's hard to keep up with changes. 

The deployment was quite complex. It's not easy to implement. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about a year or so. It hasn't been that long so far.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the product is very good. It doesn't have bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's been very reliable for the most part.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution scales well. If a company needs to scale it out, it can do so. It's not a problem at all. 

How are customer service and technical support?

We haven't really used support so far. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup isn't exactly straightforward. The deployment is a complex process.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We're happy with the licensing pricing in general. It's not overly expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

We have a business relationship with Microsoft.

I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. We've been largely happy with its capabilities in general. 

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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it_user1475160 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Engineer IT at Hical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Real User
Stable, with good management capabilities and helpful technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "Technical support has been good over the years."
  • "The pricing could be better."

What is our primary use case?

We are primarily using the solution for the active directory, and Microsoft TPM. 

How has it helped my organization?

The product has helped in managing laptops during COVID. It is very useful to work from home. It offers useful products like Microsoft Teams, used by 100% of our company. Due to the fact that it's all on the cloud, we don't have to be in the office to access and manage everything. 

What is most valuable?

The management aspect of the solution has been good. We've been able to align it with our laptop servers and Microsoft 10 configurations. 

The solution continues to improve itself. 

The monitoring of the product is good.

Scalability is there if you need it. 

The solution is stable. 

Technical support has been good over the years. 

What needs improvement?

The pricing could be better. 

If you don't understand Microsoft, the initial setup can be a bit difficult. You have to be slightly technical. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about four years. It's been a while. I've had some time to get to know the solution. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the solution has been excellent. There are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash or free. the performance is good. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so. it's not a problem. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is good. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of support we get. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy if you understand Microsoft and have some experience. Otherwise, it is very difficult.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We'd prefer lower pricing. Microsoft can be costly. Due to COVID, many small companies can't handle the costs that Microsoft is charging. They need to be more flexible. If customers were going through cloud solutions, they should get more of a discount. 

What other advice do I have?

We are Microsoft customers and end-users. We don't have a business relationship with the company. 

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've mostly been quite please with the product and its capabilities. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Sr. Systems Engineer / Tech Logic Consultant. at a non-tech company with self employed
Real User
Feature-rich, good update management, stable, and easy to install
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of this solution are the Access Management and the PIN modules."
  • "Because it has a lot of features, a person just coming into Microsoft Azure might feel that it is a bit complex."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Azure to patch our servers. We are also using it for creating and access management.

How has it helped my organization?

We have several benefits in having Azure on board. If you are Microsoft-centric, you get gold certificate partnerships. Furthermore, if you elect MSP, you have MSP certification, which allows you to have more customers on board.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of this solution are the Access Management and the PIN modules. They are very good features.

Update management is also very good, for both on-premises and for cloud services.

Microsoft Azure is a very good product. For my requirements, it works fine.

It's user-friendly, and the reporting is good.

What needs improvement?

Because it has a lot of features, a person just coming into Microsoft Azure might feel that it is a bit complex. Once you are familiarized with it, they will find that it is organized in a structured way.

It's a bit clunky at first.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for two yes, but I would not say that my experience is at the expert level.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not contacted technical support. 

There is a lot of documentation available online.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's a pay-as-you-go subscription.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would recommend Azure to anyone who is interested in using it.

I would rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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reviewer1573923 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer- Hardware at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Is scalable, easy to install, and has cognitive services
Pros and Cons
  • "We use the cognitive service, virtual machines, and customer DB. Microsoft Azure is also scalable and easy to install."
  • "The market place can be raised, and the CMT can be more sophisticated to create more opportunities for the end users."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Azure for application sourcing and migration.

What is most valuable?

We use the cognitive service, virtual machines, and customer DB.

We like that Microsoft Azure is scalable and easy to install as well.

What needs improvement?

The market place can be raised, and the CMT can be more sophisticated to create more opportunities for the end users. Nowadays, if I want to go and do a cloud management platform across private clouds and public clouds, then I would need something more out of the box and easy to use.

There's a huge need for platforms, like vertical platforms, where you've got to create the platforms out of the box to sell to those with particular domains. For example, aviation. They might be using their own platforms underneath CAPEX and OPEX that are not distributed. So it would be nice to address the security until you can provide a mutualized solution with CAPEX- and OPEX-based cloud platforms.

It would be good to have out-of-the-box modernization capabilities because the industry is always looking for modernization. So, it would be good to have an out-of-the-box AIML-based solution that would reduce the time needed for application modernization.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it for two years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is out-of-the-box, and you need to design things, picking up the right service that is available. So, I don't see a challenge with scalability. It's all up to how you build it and fuse things together.

How was the initial setup?

As for the initial setup, it's very straightforward. You can automate, create a blueprint, credit stack, etc. It's not complex.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pay as you go pricing always helps, but you need to be very careful while considering the services. You would need to consider how it all works and how you will be charged. With adequate knowledge, I think you can come up with a good model where the pricing won't be a constraint.

What other advice do I have?

There are a lot of good solution architect references on what Azure offers, so one should start looking at those. Then, you can correlate them to your problem and do a little mashup and create your solution by well-architected principles, like CAPEX, low cost, security, performance, and scalability.

I would rate Microsoft Azure at eight on a scale from one to ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Chief Technical Officer at Evangelist
Real User
Top 10
Provides monitoring and security with good performance
Pros and Cons
  • "Everything is very good by way of performance."
  • "It would be nice to have faster support."

What is our primary use case?

We are working with the latest version.

What is most valuable?

PaaS is a valuable feature, which allows for management visibility of Microsoft. Everything is very good by way of performance. Many of my customers are using SaaS and PaaS and are happy with its tasks and performance. There are many tools, such as monitoring. The security can change along with your defender. 

From the perspective of management, the solution has functional apps that are running, SQL as a service. Everything is pretty good. 

What needs improvement?

In my role as a service provider the vendor appointment may be required from the Microsoft plan. Occasionally, the response time is inadequate. It would be nice to have faster support. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using and providing Microsoft Azure services since 2000. As of 2011 I have been providing PaaS and IaaS services. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable under the right circumstances. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not complex. The solution is user-friendly. A good working knowledge enables one to do a pretty good job in comparison with AWS. 

What other advice do I have?

Microsoft is in the process of implementing a vast security apparatus. Their security features are really good. The ones that are part of Microsoft Azure allow for vulnerability assessment, with good security features. In the event of someone deploying a red flag or app they get in contact with you and take action. 

Our customers run the gamut from small, medium to enterprise businesses. SMB comprise our major customers, with two or three being enterprise. 

As I am a Microsoft partner, I recommend Microsoft exclusively. 

I rate Microsoft Azure as a ten out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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reviewer1598556 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Good performance with a straightforward setup and the capability to scale
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability is very good. The performance is excellent."
  • "The cost of the product is too high. It would be ideal if they could lower it a bit for their customers."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution in our lab. We use it for critical services for the most part.

What is most valuable?

The solution is very scalable. 

The stability is very good. The performance is excellent.

 We found the installation to be very easy and straightforward.

What needs improvement?

The cost of the product is too high. It would be ideal if they could lower it a bit for their customers.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about two to three years or so. It's been a while. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the solution is very good. A company can expand it if it needs to.

We have six users on the solution currently. We have one project manager and five general users.

How are customer service and technical support?

I can't speak to the technical support services or Microsoft. I can't say that I have used them.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. It's very simple. It's quite straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is too expensive. They need to work on the pricing.

I can't speak to the exact cost our company pays in order to use Azure.

What other advice do I have?

As it's a cloud-based solution, we're always on the latest version. it automatically self-updates.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've mostly been quite happy with the capability of the solution.

I'd recommend the solution to other users and other organizations.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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reviewer1465254 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Offers secure network access, with excellent app services feature
Pros and Cons
  • "Offers many data security features including securing network access."
  • "The cost management and billing section features could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

The solution comes with multiple features, including managing resources and creating a virtual machine. We have the possibility to create a virtual machine depending on the type of storage we want and the hardware configuration we want. We also use it to manage our code base because it comes with all the ICT features to allow continuous integration and so on. We are customers of Microsoft Azure

What is most valuable?

The solution offers many data security features including securing network access, and the portal is user friendly with a dashboard that makes it easy to find what you're looking for. I'd say the app services feature is great, and they provide free training on how to use that. They provide highly detailed documentation. The dashboard comes with a monitoring section so you can set up alerts for your budget, for example, and it will provide you with some metrics on how it's performing. In general, it's very user friendly. 

What needs improvement?

I believe the cost management and billing section features could be improved because sometimes it may seem somewhat complicated to find certain settings to set up a threshold for resource consumption and track expenses in real-time.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for more than a year. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft is well known for its scalability and stability, and this solution provides both. We have more than 50 users in the company. As a software developer, I'm happy with where it's at right now, but if the company is planning to increase use, that would be a good idea. As a developer, whenever I need to create a virtual machine or make use of Azure resources, I can easily do that.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is very good and responsive.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward because it was linked to our Microsoft account and it's just a question of activating your subscription. They have some training videos and their help and support is very responsive. I've contacted them multiple times on some problems and they were very helpful. I've also used their chat-bot feature and if that doesn't help, you get passed to human support.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I think licensing is pay as you go because you have a monthly budget assigned to your account and depending on which services are running, it's consumed from that budget.

What other advice do I have?

I would definitely recommend Azure because it's an enterprise trade cloud platform and can provide valuable insights of your data and of metrics of data sources in real time. It's totally secure, comes with support and numerous code development languages enabling scaling as you go. 

I rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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