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    Azure Cloud Services

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAzure Cloud Services is a cloud platform that enables users to create infinitely-scalable cloud applications and APIs. It enables users to build the web and cloud applications needed while also simplifying the management of applications with cloud services, and while ensuring high availability. Users can: scale an environment automatically based on demand and reduce costs, automate operating system and application updates to increase security, and take advantage of integrated health monitoring…

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    Microsoft 365 Business Premium

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAn integrated solution, designed for small or medium-sized businesses, bringing together the productivity of Microsoft Office with advanced security capabilities to help safeguard data from external threats and help protect against data leaks. With Microsoft 365 Business Premium, users can empower employees to be productive anywhere on any device. Get more done with AI built into the Office apps. Work better together with a hub for teamwork bringing your tools and people together in one place.…N/A
    Pricing
    Azure Cloud ServicesMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Cloud ServicesMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Cloud ServicesMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    48 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    50 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    Azure Cloud ServicesMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure Cloud Services and Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    Feature
    Azure Cloud Services
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium
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    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Azure Cloud ServicesMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Microsoft 365
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Cloud ServicesMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (57 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Cloud ServicesMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Azure Cloud services is a good choice for hosting web applications, based on requirements it can be simple websites or complex web services as well as it provides automating application development and deployment pipeline. It's less appropriate in case of cost-effective option for organizations with tight budget constraints. For very basic static websites, Microsoft Azure's offerings might be seen as overkill.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium is well suited to any size organization and is a must-have for business purposes. It is a vital component for the majority of work software needs, as the Microsoft 365 Business Premium package has apps to handle needs that I didn't know we had. It is a great way to provide the required software programs to teams, especially those that work remotely due to the great sharing capabilities built into it. Furthermore, the nonprofit program provided our small nonprofit with vital components for our remote work, while allowing us to keep our donated funds going directly to our mission.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Effective service management and performance monitoring capability.
    • Reliable security management with excellent access controls.
    • Best orchestration and easy configuration management.
    • Easy on compatibility testing and change management.
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    Microsoft
    • Work in sync in different departments.
    • Being able to work from any device or computer. It is a very noble tool in different devices.
    • The work between the different programs (Word, Excel, Notes) that it offers is extremely light and good.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Latency and bandwidth as we often see gap here
    • There were many challenges as a developer while migrating our DB from on prem to cloud
    • System downtime is also one issue that can be improved
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    Microsoft
    • adding calendar invitations is not straight forward
    • copying folders from SharePoint libraries to an external drive should not be relying on the available space on the C drive
    • administering mailboxes for our company is convoluted forcing me to hunt for settings and options
    • lack of flexibility on the location of the OST and PST files
    • the new version should not do away with PST files but rather improve their reliability.
    • the PST internal structure is inefficient. the PST file should be able to shrink automatically when one delete emails.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
    It is part of the organisation now. It provides and rich feature set and requires a relatively low amount of administration.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    As a certificate developer and consultant, I love using Azure, it's interface is developer friendly with well guidance and support. Also there are a lot of service for any work, Azure ecosystem is sufficient to complete your all developments needs. So based on that I feel Azure is good and gives better developer experience.
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    Microsoft
    The basic apps are straightforward and easy to use, especially since they have been around so long. I'm referring to the basic apps like Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc. Other features such as Microsoft Teams and Sharepoint Sites, Sharepoint Lists, Sharepoint Groups, etc. all require a higher level of knowledge to both implement and use properly
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    In the last 5 years, Microsoft has come a long way. The performance of the products has become more and more user-friendly and it seems that the feedback provided by the user community is being listened to and worked on. The processes are very fast and seamless. There are negligible errors and doesn't slow the systems down.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    As mentioned elsewhere in the review, Microsoft has historically paid attention to community feedback and issues, but timeliness can improve, and so can the addressing of long-standing issues about which many users have said "I have this issue too!" but no official solution exists. For issues that do have a solution, however, the solution is usually not difficult to find, and the explanation of features on Microsoft's website can mitigate many problems.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    I feel AWS offers a robust and versatile platform for cloud infrastructure and services. It's scalability, reliability array of tools make it a top choice for businesses of all sizes. AWS has better open source communities such as Linux, Jenkins and GitHub in comparison to Azure service cloud
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    Microsoft
    Before migrating to Microsoft 365 Business Premium, we possessed an in-house exchange server. Therefore, it was difficult for us to look at alternatives to Microsoft for a solution – we did look at the Google Suite of products, but the transition for us seemed less cumbersome to stay with Microsoft from a staff and administrative perspective. While the G Suite does offer us many outstanding products and services, we also didn’t feel that Gmail is up-to-par as a corporate solution the way Exchange/Outlook/OWA are – this alone was also a driving force for our end-users, as there was minimal transition for them to move from an on-premise solution to an off-premise solution. The additional features of SharePoint, Teams, Project, and so many other applications within Microsoft 365 also helped us make a strong case to stay with Microsoft and expand what we were using. The end-user and mobile protections of InTune have also put us at ease when issuing laptops and mobile phones to an almost fully-remote end-user base.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Azure's services and automation capabilities contribute to operational efficiency.
    • Azure's scalability ensures optimal performance during peak demand periods and cost savings during off-peak times
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    Microsoft
    • We can now keep work going from anywhere. It doesn't matter if we are on a job site or sitting in the office or working from home for a day or two we don't have to miss a beat.
    • It has unified how we store information so that everything isn't stored on individual computers
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