Azure offers broad compatibility with both structured and unstructured data. For example, we use PostgreSQL for storing Azure's official data and manage various types of data, including tabular and image data, accommodating the storage of all data types we handle. So, in many ways, Azure simplified the data storage and management needs.
The customer service and support are very good. When we raise a ticket, we quickly get feedback or someone assigned to help us identify the problem, which, 90% of the time, was on our end. I'm very happy with the support they provide.
Senior DevSecOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Feb 23, 2024
The tool's most valuable aspect is the account management side. This involves tasks such as assigning credentials to different individuals, managing user accounts, and implementing Privileged Access Management.
One advantage of using Azure is that clients can start with a low-cost entry in terms of hardware and scale as their business and user base grows. They don't need to allocate a large budget for infrastructure upfront.
Microsoft Azure has proven to be beneficial for our organization due to its quick deployment capabilities. Setting up virtual machines or any required infrastructure is fast.
Program Management Lead Advisor at Unionbank Philippines
Real User
Top 5
Feb 13, 2024
One feature I like in Microsoft Azure is its ability to host and run applications on virtual machines. It is a basic yet crucial capability for our team.
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is the Area feature. Additionally, the SQL Server DB as a serverless pool is useful, storage-wide external tables are helpful, and PolyBase is very good at reading external data. The capacity of Synapse to analyze in analytics is very good and it supports a range of data.
Project Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jan 23, 2022
The Azure Portal has an advantage in terms of UX making buying resources or downgrading is really easier to understand. AWS has micro, smaller functionalities whereas Azure has more end-to-end focus which makes it easier saving you time and money.
Azure services like EDM and Batch are all famous, but one of the most popular services for development is Azure Functions, especially the PaaS option. Depending on a customer's environment, they can go for the PaaS.
The application services are the most valuable in Microsoft Azure. I'm not using them directly but I am using the function and the web applications. I don't need to pay a lot for the maintenance. I do not need to have a DevOps employee.
The valuable features of Microsoft Azure are that it is cloud-based and has good storage. The storage is completely managed by Azure. We do not need to do any patching of security because it is handled by Azure which is a benefit. The solution is fully compatible with the Microsoft technology stack and is very scalable.
The best feature in Microsoft Azure is that I don't have to change computers. I don't have to upgrade or if something breaks or a hard drive crashes. The lack of a physical aspect is the major feature for me.
IT Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Oct 12, 2021
The most important thing is we don't have to maintain any physical infrastructure. With typical conventional on-premise solutions, we have to maintain many things like the hardware, clusters, etc. With this cloud platform, you don't have to worry about all those things. We have the service always available, and this is the main advantage.
I like that we use everything on our standard Active Directory on on-premises on Azure. The key advantage is that you can have the sole indication based on the cloud. This isn't possible with an on-premise Active Directory. This enables work from home and at the office because it's on the cloud.
In terms of computer resource management and reduced cost, it is very, very effective. In large environments, it gives you a lot of flexibility to provide different services, like disaster recovery and business continuity with simple and great options because you don't have to spend a lot of time for maintenance, upgrades, and security.
Enterprise Architect at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Mar 30, 2021
I think Azure's level of automation to achieve efficiency or agility is valuable. I also like the change capability cadence, the showback capabilities, and understanding what our costs are.
It is very easy to use, especially if it is on the servers. Also, I have found it to be easier to use than AWS. It is a stable and scalable product as well. I think it is also secure.
IT Manager at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Mar 26, 2021
It is a very easy-to-use platform, and it is very powerful in terms of data backup and Blob storage. It has very good features, especially if you are using Microsoft products, such as Windows, Microsoft SQL Server.
Architect at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Feb 23, 2021
It's a great solution. It's so customizable. Every user can create dashboards to suit their needs. We can create and share them with our teammates easily, too.
Owner and Senior Technical Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Real User
Feb 12, 2021
It is so huge and so powerful. The best thing is the possibilities of things that you can actually do with it. If you do it right, you can work or host your stuff a lot cheaper than traditionally.
Its security is good, and it also reduces the strain on internal IT.
General Manager at a tech company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jan 31, 2021
There are many useful features. We use web apps, so instead of starting a web server, we just have machines running some web services. This was helpful for us in terms of the scalability of the application. We also use Active Directory for authentication and some services for the data backup.
It is a very good and reliable solution. It was easy to implement this solution. It fits very well into our plans and covers our needs to provide infrastructure in the cloud. The portal to configure new resources is very easy, and it is very easy to allocate new resources.
Team Lead Regional - Equipo Comercial de Soporte Técnico at SEGA
Real User
Jan 30, 2021
The most valuable aspect of Azure is the flexibility you have for all the services and solutions it offers, even if you use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS, you have the option to only pay for the services you use.
Executive Officer at a government with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 21, 2020
We've got multiple tools on Azure, which is a very good feature of Azure. Our Palo Alto firewall and other things are hosted in Azure. We're using Sentinel as well, which is a security tool that is being used by our SOC teams.
I've also used AWS, and I find Azure to be more Windows-driven. Although Azure is newer as compared to AWS, it is growing fast. Microsoft is working towards the betterment of Azure.
Microsoft offers free courses and an exam on their products. Many of my colleagues who use Microsoft Azure take advantage of those free courses to help them learn about the solution in depth.
Principal Enterprise Architect at a construction company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Jul 28, 2020
It comes with a lot of ready-made studies that we can connect with other existing Microsoft applications, for example, Office, Outlook, Chatline, and OneDrive. Everything is behind the scenes running with Azure. It's easy to build the connectors.
Head of Architecture - Digital at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jul 19, 2020
The time to market is fast compared back to the traditional on-premise hosting. That is one of the better things I can say because there is no need to worry. The Pack services will enable it to start immediately.
It was very user-friendly when setting up the virtual machines and console. It was an easy task for my team to create virtual servers and start replications.
Azure has improved my organization because it is a new technology and so the customers who don't have enough knowledge about the cloud delegate the administration of their cloud infrastructure to us. We incorporate and add a new service to our product lineup about how to manage their Azure. It impacts our business because we're able to incorporate this new service.
Azure has the best website amongst all cloud computing platforms. It is simple to utilize, and one can release nearly anything, from app services to host sites.
Microsoft Azure integrates services and offers flexibility, ensuring compatibility with diverse environments. Its scalability, security, and cost-efficient features enhance deployment and management, making it ideal for infrastructure services and application hosting.Azure provides a comprehensive suite of tools for application deployment, virtual machine management, and data analytics. It allows seamless integration with Power BI and offers a user-friendly interface supported by detailed...
Azure offers broad compatibility with both structured and unstructured data. For example, we use PostgreSQL for storing Azure's official data and manage various types of data, including tabular and image data, accommodating the storage of all data types we handle. So, in many ways, Azure simplified the data storage and management needs.
The solution has high stability.
The customer service and support are very good. When we raise a ticket, we quickly get feedback or someone assigned to help us identify the problem, which, 90% of the time, was on our end. I'm very happy with the support they provide.
The most efficient feature of Microsoft Azure is that we can use it to update a website with a few clicks.
The tool's most valuable aspect is the account management side. This involves tasks such as assigning credentials to different individuals, managing user accounts, and implementing Privileged Access Management.
It's very scalable. We can scale up to 80-85% without issues.
The solution is secure and easy to use.
One advantage of using Azure is that clients can start with a low-cost entry in terms of hardware and scale as their business and user base grows. They don't need to allocate a large budget for infrastructure upfront.
SQL Server has been most beneficial for our client’s workload.
Microsoft Azure has proven to be beneficial for our organization due to its quick deployment capabilities. Setting up virtual machines or any required infrastructure is fast.
It is a stable solution because it depends on the workload you expect. Based on that data, you can configure how many users it can handle.
The solution is useful for handling large amounts of data.
Data analytics is one of the efficient features as well.
We use Microsoft Azure for operations, email, and office applications.
One feature I like in Microsoft Azure is its ability to host and run applications on virtual machines. It is a basic yet crucial capability for our team.
It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, with ten being easy.
Microsoft Azure provides good performance and support.
The product makes it easy to spin up new environments and develop new technologies.
The portal makes it easier to work with the solution.
I get all the features under one roof.
It is a very straightforward solution that provides a wide range of services.
Feature-wise, I like its stability. Also, it is easy to access the solution and its options.
It is easy to deploy.
Some months ago, we started using Power BI embedded, which helped optimize the number of licenses for our company.
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is the Area feature. Additionally, the SQL Server DB as a serverless pool is useful, storage-wide external tables are helpful, and PolyBase is very good at reading external data. The capacity of Synapse to analyze in analytics is very good and it supports a range of data.
I use a virtual machine for remote desktop and Microsoft Azure is user-friendly.
The design of Microsoft Azure is for it to be scalable and it is scalable.
There is the potential to scale.
The Azure Portal has an advantage in terms of UX making buying resources or downgrading is really easier to understand. AWS has micro, smaller functionalities whereas Azure has more end-to-end focus which makes it easier saving you time and money.
Microsoft Azure has thousands of services and products.
Installation is easy as it's cloud-based. Performance is good. It's stable and scalable.
Azure virtual machines are stand-out.
The solution has enabled us to provide advanced indicators and analytics to the client on their data.
Azure services like EDM and Batch are all famous, but one of the most popular services for development is Azure Functions, especially the PaaS option. Depending on a customer's environment, they can go for the PaaS.
The application services are the most valuable in Microsoft Azure. I'm not using them directly but I am using the function and the web applications. I don't need to pay a lot for the maintenance. I do not need to have a DevOps employee.
The product brings a lot of value to our business and customers.
The valuable features of Microsoft Azure are that it is cloud-based and has good storage. The storage is completely managed by Azure. We do not need to do any patching of security because it is handled by Azure which is a benefit. The solution is fully compatible with the Microsoft technology stack and is very scalable.
Microsoft Azure is built for scalability.
In terms of managing and configuring infrastructures, Azure is fairly good.
The best feature in Microsoft Azure is that I don't have to change computers. I don't have to upgrade or if something breaks or a hard drive crashes. The lack of a physical aspect is the major feature for me.
Easy to deploy services
Azure is very flexible.
The most important thing is we don't have to maintain any physical infrastructure. With typical conventional on-premise solutions, we have to maintain many things like the hardware, clusters, etc. With this cloud platform, you don't have to worry about all those things. We have the service always available, and this is the main advantage.
I like that we use everything on our standard Active Directory on on-premises on Azure. The key advantage is that you can have the sole indication based on the cloud. This isn't possible with an on-premise Active Directory. This enables work from home and at the office because it's on the cloud.
The solution is completely scalable.
The initial setup is straightforward.
There are a lot of valuable features in Microsoft Azure, such as Kubernetes, pipelines, and development environments.
Being cloud-based saves the provisioning aspect of an on-premises solution.
I like the familiarity of this solution.
The solution is easy to manage within the cloud application, has good performance, and is secure.
We have found the user interface to be intuitive. Microsoft is a master at UI.
The technical support has been good.
The most valuable features of the solution are for management, such as dashboards.
The most valuable features of this solution are the Access Management and the PIN modules.
We find that it is easy to integrate with other Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Office.
The solution is stable.
The stability is very good. The performance is excellent.
Technical support has been extremely helpful.
We have found the most valuable feature to be the pricing calculator.
Offers many data security features including securing network access.
It is really scalable and easy to use.
The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the enhancements are continually being updated.
It is a reliable solution that is easy to set up.
There are plenty of functions available that we have used extensively. It is a complete platform of services.
I like the functionalities and the price. I'm very satisfied with Microsoft Azure.
Azure allows us to bring applications to life quickly.
The solution is very stable for Windows setups.
I have found the solution to be flexible, easy to use, and the documents are straightforward to understand.
In terms of computer resource management and reduced cost, it is very, very effective. In large environments, it gives you a lot of flexibility to provide different services, like disaster recovery and business continuity with simple and great options because you don't have to spend a lot of time for maintenance, upgrades, and security.
The product has been quite stable.
The integration with Databricks is the most valuable aspect of the solution.
User interface and portal are great.
I think Azure's level of automation to achieve efficiency or agility is valuable. I also like the change capability cadence, the showback capabilities, and understanding what our costs are.
It is easy to use. It is also stable.
It is very easy to use, especially if it is on the servers. Also, I have found it to be easier to use than AWS. It is a stable and scalable product as well. I think it is also secure.
It is a very easy-to-use platform, and it is very powerful in terms of data backup and Blob storage. It has very good features, especially if you are using Microsoft products, such as Windows, Microsoft SQL Server.
Microsoft Azure is flexible and the performance is great.
Microsoft Azure has a large scope, it can do many things.
Good security, scalability, and elasticity.
It's been pretty useful in terms of migration and disaster recovery strategy.
It's a great solution. It's so customizable. Every user can create dashboards to suit their needs. We can create and share them with our teammates easily, too.
We didn't have any problems setting it up.
If you're interested in going with Microsoft, my advice would be to do it. Everybody's using Microsoft.
There are many different components such as SaaS, PaaS, and API so every month they are releasing a few hundred new features.
It's a reasonably priced solution.
It is so huge and so powerful. The best thing is the possibilities of things that you can actually do with it. If you do it right, you can work or host your stuff a lot cheaper than traditionally.
Its security is good, and it also reduces the strain on internal IT.
There are several products within Azure.
It is easy to use and flexible.
The feature that we like best is integration with Active Directory.
The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of use.
Reduces work for our IT teams and saves us a lot of time.
There are many useful features. We use web apps, so instead of starting a web server, we just have machines running some web services. This was helpful for us in terms of the scalability of the application. We also use Active Directory for authentication and some services for the data backup.
It is a very good and reliable solution. It was easy to implement this solution. It fits very well into our plans and covers our needs to provide infrastructure in the cloud. The portal to configure new resources is very easy, and it is very easy to allocate new resources.
The most valuable aspect of Azure is the flexibility you have for all the services and solutions it offers, even if you use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS, you have the option to only pay for the services you use.
The product is rather stable. We haven't had any issues with it in that sense.
It is stable and scalable. It is useful for many applications and services, such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive.
It's a flexible solution.
We have implemented the ExpressRoute connection, which is an established circuit between the local provider and the Microsoft network edge.
Active Directory is a good feature. The infrastructure features that Azure provides are also good.
Azure is a good networking solution from a WAN perspective.
The focus on security is excellent. We really appreciate that about the solution.
The product has been very stable for us so far.
The most valuable feature is cloud-based storage.
The solution is very simple to use. It has a lot of great practical applications we really appreciate.
My experience with technical support so far is very good.
Kubernetes service and API management are the most valuable.
The redundancy across different regions is the most valuable. It provides a big value for cloud services, especially for Microsoft.
Azure is very flexible and easy to manage.
The monitoring features are very good.
We've got multiple tools on Azure, which is a very good feature of Azure. Our Palo Alto firewall and other things are hosted in Azure. We're using Sentinel as well, which is a security tool that is being used by our SOC teams.
I've also used AWS, and I find Azure to be more Windows-driven. Although Azure is newer as compared to AWS, it is growing fast. Microsoft is working towards the betterment of Azure.
The most valuable feature is the instant availability of resources.
The solution is very simple to set up.
Microsoft offers free courses and an exam on their products. Many of my colleagues who use Microsoft Azure take advantage of those free courses to help them learn about the solution in depth.
Good information protection feature.
The most valuable features of this solution are the value for money and flexibility.
The most valuable feature is the interface.
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is that it is easy to use.
Reliable with ease of provisional services.
I like the ExpressRoute because that makes it easy to configure connectivity to Azure-hosted services.
It comes with a lot of ready-made studies that we can connect with other existing Microsoft applications, for example, Office, Outlook, Chatline, and OneDrive. Everything is behind the scenes running with Azure. It's easy to build the connectors.
The most valuable features are the interface and customizability.
The time to market is fast compared back to the traditional on-premise hosting. That is one of the better things I can say because there is no need to worry. The Pack services will enable it to start immediately.
It is a flexible solution that is straightforward to use.
The data factory feature.
The most valuable feature is the single sign-on with multifactor authentication.
We are going to use Microsoft Azure to move some on-premise servers into the cloud so that our data can be held there.
The scalability is good.
It was very user-friendly when setting up the virtual machines and console. It was an easy task for my team to create virtual servers and start replications.
The incorporation of several kinds of storage, such as SSD Premium, enhanced the performance of machines.
Azure has improved my organization because it is a new technology and so the customers who don't have enough knowledge about the cloud delegate the administration of their cloud infrastructure to us. We incorporate and add a new service to our product lineup about how to manage their Azure. It impacts our business because we're able to incorporate this new service.
Much more intuitive and more visual than AWS. More obvious where things are and how to change their configurations, etc.
Azure has the best website amongst all cloud computing platforms. It is simple to utilize, and one can release nearly anything, from app services to host sites.
It was easy to deploy our applications on it.
I come from the DBA side so for me it's the easy maintenance; backups are very easy as well.