AWS Auto Scaling vs. Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)

1. When down time needs to be eliminated. 2. Have templates that can be used for future application deployments. 3. Templates can serve as a documentation for keep track of server configuration. 4. Handling of high usage periods like reporting season.

Incentivized

Regardless of the environment, Microsoft Application Server is used to manage internal applications. Installing legacy software on the computers of end-users is a cinch with this solution. It provides a central location for updating and managing legacy applications. It is less valuable if you're using only web-based and cloud-based apps.

• Smart scaling decisions
• Automatically maintain performance
• Pay per use

Incentivized

• Microsoft Application Server has been very stable. We have had very few issues with downtime except for updates.
• We now have a central location to manage and update our legacy apps without the need to install each app on each user's system.
• Application performance is surprisingly very good and responsive even in bandwidth restricted environments.

Incentivized

• Auto scaling features are very easy to use it.
• can decrease numbers steps to configure the auto scaling functionality
• New GUI screen need to improve for auto scaling functionality

• Wished Microsoft would offer better support options that are cheaper.
• Updates sometimes require restarts which cause downtime.
• More support for 3rd part software vendors.

Incentivized

We use AWS auto scaling for scaling up our cloud virtual machines to handle the increase or decrease in workload. It really helps us to satisfy the demand because it doesn't take lot of time to spin up new machines. I gave the rating 10 because it really does help you to handle the sudden spike in number of requests.

I have found Microsoft Application Server to be incredibly easy to use. I have used dozens of similar programs and have always struggled to navigate through all the functions. So far I have been able to adapt and learn this software with ease. I rarely run into a problem that I wasn’t easily able to move forward on with a few tips.

MS Application Server has been great for our company it has enabled us to free up IT staff and lowered the maintenance costs of our internal application maintenance.

Incentivized

AWS auto scaling handles the sudden surge in demand very effectively and it is also very cost effective in terms of pricing compared to the other service providers I have used. That is the main reason I opted for AWS auto scaling and also it is very reliable and has less fault tolerance.

Microsoft Application Server has stood out to me because it has been so easy to use and utilize for our organization. I was not involved in the integration but being a user I can say that it has made a huge impact to how we access and utilize our databases. I have found that using Microsoft Application Server has increased my productivity. I spend less time navigating and waiting for things to load.

• Better fault tolerance.
• Almost availability of our services
• Reduced cost

Incentivized

• MS Application Server has been great for our ROI since it has reduced dedicating IT resources to maintaining legacy applications on end-users systems.
• We have been able to have a central location for all our legacy and on-prem applications.
• Our IT operations have been able to greatly improve efficiencies.

Incentivized