Item: Azure Virtual Machines
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Capabilities of infrastructure were extended using Azure Virtual Machines.
The business problems the product addresses are many.
Some of them are:
1. Testing the applications on cross platforms. It is basically testing whether the software works in all the operating systems.
2. Automatic allotment of virtual machines based on the traffic encountered.

Pros and Cons

Provisioning
Scaling
Faster deployment

Swapping of OS disks is a bit difficult.
More features can be introduced for low size VMs.

Return on Investment

Better when compared with own infrastructure.
No maintenance charges.
No physical security charges.

Key Insights

Do you think Azure Virtual Machines delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Azure Virtual Machines's feature set?

Yes

Did Azure Virtual Machines live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Azure Virtual Machines go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Azure Virtual Machines again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Scaling up virtual machines is very easy and can be automated as well. Based on the inbound traffic, the virtual machines get scaled up and down. If the traffic is low, they scale down and if the traffic goes high, they scale up. Eventually, it saves the overall costs.

Virtual Provision for better performance

Overall Satisfaction with Azure Virtual Machines