Azure Network Watcher for Network Analytics
December 14, 2022

Azure Network Watcher for Network Analytics

Michael Jipping | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Azure Network Watcher

It is used for troubleshooting Azure Cloud related Network issue. Useful tools such as Topology, Connection Monitor, Network Performance Monitor and Next Hop are extremely beneficial. It has helped us with diagnosing specific issues related to Network. We use this for our entire Azure Tenant Environment and also for some On-premise Connectivity such as Express Route Monitoring.
  • Assists us in verifying IP Flow inbound and outbound from IAAS Resources.
  • Allows us to view the effective security rule on a Network Security Group and the IAAS Resource.
  • Visualize your Traffic Patterns and security via the Traffic Analytics tool
  • Allows for deep packet captures for analysis.
  • More granular visualization through the Azure Network. Ex. Seeing NSG Flow through each Hop.
  • Allow for more capabilities to view Connectivity through On-Premise Networks.
  • Helped us diagnose IP and Port flow from a DNS integration project resulting in success of the project
  • Has helped numerous times analyzing IP Port flow from Resources
I really have not experiences with Solarwinds in the Azure Public Cloud. I would believe Solarwinds would have a good product in comparison. However with my experiences with Azure Tools, I do not think I would be inclined to go that route unless a reason presents itself. I am satisfied with Azure Network Watcher.

Do you think Azure Network Watcher delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Azure Network Watcher's feature set?

Yes

Did Azure Network Watcher live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Azure Network Watcher go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Azure Network Watcher again?

Yes

For use of the Azure Cloud Network, Azure Network Watcher is a must. The component Traffic Analytics is specifically helpful and is a great tool to use analyze your network IPs, Ports, Flow, and Logs. When you need more data about your network, Azure Network Watcher removes the guess work with data that you can analyze.

Azure Network Watcher Feature Ratings

Automated network device discovery
9
Network monitoring
9
Baseline threshold calculation
9
Alerts
9
Network capacity planning
10
Packet capture analysis
9
Network mapping
10
Customizable reports
9
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
Not Rated
Hardware health monitoring
Not Rated