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Microsoft Azure

Overview

What is Microsoft Azure?

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

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Recent Reviews

Microsoft Cloud option

9 out of 10
May 31, 2022
Have consulted multiple companies to migrate their DC or different workload like SAP to Azure. Azure provides full digital transformation …
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Azure poor customer service

1 out of 10
February 22, 2022
Microsoft, why don't you understand customer service you send me an email regarding an urgent billing issue, I cant seem to fix it, and …
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Title For MS Azure

9 out of 10
September 29, 2021
One of the best Public cloud platforms available today, we use it for Iaas, Paas as well as SaaS. Easy to learn, good guiding UI. I highly …
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Popular Features

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  • Dynamic scaling (16)
    9.3
    93%
  • Elastic load balancing (16)
    8.8
    88%
  • Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime (16)
    8.7
    87%
  • Pre-configured templates (16)
    7.0
    70%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Administrator in Information Technology
Accounting Company, 1001-5000 employees
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Pricing

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Developer

$29

Cloud
per month

Standard

$100

Cloud
per month

Professional Direct

$1000

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://azure.microsoft.com/en…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $29 per month
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Product Demos

Microsoft Azure Training - [3] Azure Accounts, Subscriptions and Admin Roles (Exam 70-533)

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Azure Tutorial For Beginners | Microsoft Azure Tutorial For Beginners | Azure Tutorial | Simplilearn

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Azure Fundamentals complete Training in telugu

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Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

IaaS provides the basic building blocks for an IT infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking, in an on-demand model over the Internet

8.6
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

What is Microsoft Azure?

Azure is a comprehensive computing platform, providing cloud infrastructure, products and services, developer tools, and innovations in data and AI. Azure has on-premises, hybrid, multicloud, and edge capabilities that offer the flexibility to innovate anywhere.

Developers can use their favorite languages, open-source frameworks, and tools to code and deploy. Azure includes over 200 physical datacenters arranged into more than 60 regions and upholds our customers' expectations with data residency, compliance, and high availability.

An example of some of the service areas Azure covers:

  • AI + Machine Learning

  • Analytics

  • Blockchain

  • Computing

  • Containers

  • Databases

  • Developer Tools

  • DevOps

  • Identity

  • Integration

  • Internet of Things

  • Management

  • Media

  • Stack

  • Migration

  • Mixed Reality

  • Mobile

  • Networking

  • Security

  • Storage

  • Web

  • Windows Virtual Desktop

Microsoft Azure Integrations

Microsoft Azure Competitors

Microsoft Azure Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Microsoft Azure starts at $29.

Amazon Web Services and SAP HANA Cloud are common alternatives for Microsoft Azure.

Reviewers rate Operating system support highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of Microsoft Azure are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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September 27, 2023

Where Infinite Possibilities Meet Cloud Nine

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Accounting Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure is an excellent choice for hosting web applications, whether they are simple websites or complex web services. Azure DevOps services provide a comprehensive platform for DevOps practices, automating application development and deployment pipelines. BUT: I think Microsoft Azure's pricing can be complex, and it may not be the most cost-effective option for organizations with tight budget constraints. For very basic static websites, Microsoft Azure's offerings might be seen as overkill.
November 29, 2022

Why choose Azure?

Joe Anand | TrustRadius Reviewer
Joe Anand
Service Manager
Shell (Oil & Energy, 10,001+ employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Move from on premise to Azure has been seamless and we have benefited owing to the ease to transition, cost, functionality and in built security features. The ability to manage and customize ensure that a world of opportunities is available to the end user.
May 31, 2022

Microsoft Cloud option

Verified User
Partner in Professional Services
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure is well suited for the organization which is Microsoft Shop .e.g. using MS365, Teams, .NET, Windows, MS SQL Servers, MS Dynamics, etc. It has good UX and provides multiple cloud services for Application hosting, Application Modernization, AI, ML. Customers can create BIG DATA using Azure Data Services and can get real-time insight into data by having AI services.
March 24, 2022

"Microsoft Azure is a reliable IaaS and DaaS and a bit of a challenge."

Sourov K Chowdhury | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sourov K Chowdhury
Database Software Engineer
Best Web Design Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure is the most scalable. The monitoring features in this solution allow us to configure items in our customer’s environments more efficiently. Azure’s cloud-based solutions are adaptable and are used in almost any language, operating system, or location worldwide. Its multi-factor authentication helps keep your data even more secure. Also, you can sign in to cloud apps on Windows, Macs, Androids, and iOS devices using a single sign-on feature. Some advanced configuration options need to be investigated, experimented and improvements to the documentation. Microsoft’s complex licensing model is unsuitable for most users.
March 09, 2022

Microsoft Azure is the best cloud solution!

Verified User
Program Manager in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure is a fully managed service by Microsoft. I highly recommended the solution to anybody who is interested to deploy their application to the cloud. The updates are deployed automatically by the company and you do not need to worry about it. If you are using other Microsoft tools such as Power BI, then Azure would be a good choice for you. However, using some cognitive services might be costly for you.
November 08, 2021

Best Cloud Computing Solution

Nahian Mahmud Shaikat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nahian Mahmud Shaikat
Financial Analyst
Apex Holdings Ltd (Apparel & Fashion, 10,001+ employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are looking for working with big data with a cloud access then Microsoft Azure is the best option for you. In a free version you will get many features but premium facilities are more lucrative. So this is suitable for both small and large organization. If you are from a place where cloud access is not possible then it is not suitable for you because you must need cloud connectivity.
November 03, 2021

Microsoft Azure is a Class Unto Itself

Nilufa Hossain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nilufa Hossain
IT Specialist
Lamda I-TECH (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
In terms of cloud computing, Microsoft Azure is the only comprehensive result the company offers. Regardless of how big or small an organization is, it can make use of this system. As a cyber-security professional, this is your best option for data management. A business that wants to minimize capital expenditures can use Microsoft Azure. Many Microsoft services accept it. People with little or no knowledge of cloud computing may find it impossible. It isn’t the solution for companies that don’t want to risk having only one platform and infrastructure vendor.
September 29, 2021

Title For MS Azure

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
We have used it for some applications as well as a test environment, to try out some of the latest cloud products. I will suggest using it as a platform to test and run a dry check on the applications which are to be deployed on production. It will be a good fit for everything.
September 21, 2021

MS Azure Practical Use!

Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloud networking makes it an ease when you are using Azure AD services or containers to host users VDI, deploying virtual firewalls for security and access management makes life easier.
We are using MS Azure platform to host clients mobile apps, users can access and distribute application from same platform making it really easy to use, maintain and update.
August 25, 2021

Azure is the leader in Cloud Services environment and should be where your next datacenter is built.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure is an amazing environment to work in. The menus are expansive and thorough, and it includes so many features to allow you to completely replicate your on-premise data center in a virtual environment with always available backups and failover mechanisms across the world. The support services are very helpful and quick to respond, no matter if you are working on bread and butter data servers, or working with the newest and latest innovations in the virtual space such as Azure Lighthouse and Azure Labs.
July 01, 2021

You do get what you pay for - if you want to

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Stefan Lechner
Head of global Cloud Services
Knorr Bremse AG (Automotive, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want to modernize your company's infrastructure and applications - very good. As well as if you want to create new applications that help the business to create new products.
In case you do it because it could be cheaper - leave it - most times you first have to spend money to be able to save some money in the future.
June 18, 2021

Azure: How a deallocated $0.11/hr instance cost over $500 in 3 months (Do the math).

AW
Adam Whitney
Web Developer
Personal - Freelance (Program Development, 1-10 employees)
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
Likelihood to Recommend
Until billing can be resolved, I can think of no scenario in which Azure would be preferable to any competitor. You cant do business by writing vendors blank checks and asking them to fill them out. Yet if you sign up for azure that's what you are doing. There has to be a reasonably intuitable price scheme, it must match what they describe, and if nothing else, support for billing issues should come swifter than the following month's invoice.
April 30, 2021

Microsoft Azure- Great as PaaS, baby as IaaS

Apurv Doshi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Apurv Doshi
Senior Solutions Architect
Infostretch (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
The answer depends upon the kind of [use case]. If the use-case is simply around the need of IaaS then Azure is not the right choice. However, if the use-cases are around BOT services, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning[,] and Business Analytics then Azure is the first choice. Also[,] kind of eco-system the enterprise [has] on the premise to run their daily operations have the highest bearing to choose for the cloud partner.
April 29, 2021

Look wisely and make a decision, see how Azure worked out for me.

Sandesh Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sandesh Singh
FrontEnd Development Engineer
Genius Systems Pvt. Ltd (Internet, 201-500 employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
We used Microsoft Azure for the VM instances and CI/CD DevOps. We also used Azure to deploy our VPN but had to transfer it to other providers like AWS for pricing and scalability. Using Azure for high bandwidth use case scenario is, for me, just a waste of money as the data transfer fees are way too high. Using Azure for VPN is a stupid choice. According to me, there are better platforms like DigitalOcean and AWS for that. The only thing that I can recommend is the use of this platform to save yourself from licensing fees.
April 28, 2021

Small company enjoying the big product

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
[Microsoft] Azure is terrific for today's world of security, security, and more security. Implementing users over to SSO has been a seamless task, whereas I've seen it go completely sideways in other agencies. Account maintenance has been a "breeze". In the past, we had to scurry to modify accounts, and access, and whatnot, but with [Microsoft] Azure, it's all centrally located and updates are instant. It's definitely a "pro-Microsoft" product, which is fine, but you kind of lose sight that there are other cloud options.
April 28, 2021

4 years Experience with Azure!

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Computer Hardware Company, 1-10 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is good for starters and basic site hosting services because for starters cost and continuity both matter. Advanced users can go for AWS or GCP because if you want to do everything as per your choice then you can get confused in Microsoft Azure services. We used it for the Wordpress site hosting and it was running great.
April 21, 2021

Microsoft Azure has it all

Paola Lucía Campos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Paola Lucía Campos
Ejecutiva de cuentas
Four Players (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure is one of the most complete solutions that Microsoft has. And it is super safe to provide to any type of business, whether large or small. If you work with cybersecurity, Microsoft Azure is the best for handling data. Azure is a platform that requires knowledge, not just anyone can handle it. A scenario where it might not be possible is for any type of person who does not have technical knowledge of the cloud.
March 30, 2021

Great and powerful cloud platform that handles nearly all of your needs.

Sean Patterson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sean Patterson
Software Development Director
Fresh Consulting (Internet, 201-500 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
[Microsoft] Azure provides a great "get up and running" environment particularly when you need to map multiple resources together, such as database, web app, storage, and analytics. The "Application Insights" feature is particularly strong because it allows you to do a "one click" install of an agent that can track performance and transactions all the way down to the database level. The [Microsoft] Azure dashboard allows you to easily find resources you need and access the current resources you have. Setting up new resources also uses a well managed "wizard" like structure to make it easy.
March 15, 2021

Azure provides a great service, particularly for companies with an existing Microsoft investment.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Fantastic for cloud directory-enablement of applications, and segregating authentication and access from a company’s internal network. Management from web UI is easier for some people who aren’t accustomed to AD on-premise management tools. Not a fan of externally-hosted IDP (such as the recent SolarWinds attack and the SAML access to other resources that occurred), and prefer to keep signing/encryption certificates/keys and other sensitive assertion data in-house.

March 11, 2021

Cloud is Commoditized, but Azure Stands Out

Valeri Karpov | TrustRadius Reviewer
Valeri Karpov
Principal Engineer
Booster Fuels (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloud providers are largely interchangeable. [Microsoft] Azure has a few distinguishing features: good customer support, solid web UI, and Azure Functions is excellent. If you aren't closely tied to any one cloud provider, Azure is a great choice. It doesn't have quite as many products as AWS, but the products Azure does have are generally as good or better than their AWS equivalents.
March 11, 2021

Azure is a very nice solution for your cloud computing services!

João Almeida | TrustRadius Reviewer
João Almeida
Researcher
Instituto de Telecomunicações (Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure is a cost-effective solution for organizations who want to spend their capital expenditure optimally. It is also a one-stop solution for acquiring multiple services from Microsoft. However, Microsoft Azure is not for organizations who are not willing to take the risk of having one vendor as both infrastructure and platform provider.
March 11, 2021

Microsoft Azure one stop easy cloud solution

Verified User
Team Lead in Quality Assurance
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It depends on the need. To our needs it has really suited well, we are partnered with Microsoft and our product mainly uses Microsoft technology so we easily have picked up Microsoft Azure as our option. Apart from our primary need, we are effectively utilizing other Microsoft Azure features as well to improve resource usage and control the cost of the resources.
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