Azure provides a great service, particularly for companies with an existing Microsoft investment.
March 15, 2021

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

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Azure

We provisioned/synchronized users and managed user lifecycle in Azure to help organizations utilize Microsoft’s cloud portfolio of applications and services.
  • Cloud directory service, enabling single-sign-on and application integration with a directory source
  • Integrating user identities without providing access to the company’s internal Directory Service from outside of the network/security perimeter.
  • Easy management from anywhere via internet access and a browser.
  • Not a fan of MS’s implementation of SAML via ADFS. A few inconsistencies in comparison to other industry-standard implementations.
  • Documentation: We had tons of trouble at first, resolving issues with Federating identities and using across platforms with MS Office and other platforms. MS was aware, but information across their different cloud teams wasn’t well-shared at the time and made for long hours troubleshooting and resolving issues.
  • Decreased in-house hardware cost.
  • Decreased open firewall and security controls to accommodate directory-enabled authentication (better for our security posture).
  • Less overhead management and monitoring of internal resources, with better uptime.
We actually utilized multiple cloud stacks, depending upon the customer environment and need. Those that heavily used MS products (Office on-prem or 365), Teams, etc, found it a better fit, with easier integration, for their needs.

Do you think Microsoft Azure delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Azure's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Azure live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Azure go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Azure again?

Yes

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.