Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Arc

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Arc?

Manage your applications and services in multi-cloud environments. Azure Arc helps you make the most of the cloud by providing tools to develop and operate cloud-native apps on any platform.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Arc won the following awards in the Cloud Management category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Arc?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Security Protects
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Cloud Integration

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Capacity Management

Self Service Cloud Services

Configuration Validation

Performance Monitoring Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Application Release Automation

Cloud Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Janne M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Currently the best public cloud in the world.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Best DevOps suite, better Windows server experience than elsewhere, growing the fastest.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure Virtual WAN network service is biggest WAN network in the world.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Easy to forget costly resources idling.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure probably currently beats AWS and Google Cloud with its usability, capabilities and cost. This could change within a months or a year, but right now this is the case.

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Yutaro n.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

It is a cloud that provides very innovative tools.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Global data centers and a reliable, high-speed backbone network.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Global data centers and a reliable, high-speed backbone network.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing in particular that I dislike.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Compared to AWS, the cost should be much cheaper. It also has a lot of features.

Pros

Client's Interest First
Friendly Negotiation
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy

Tamara M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2020

Amazing software but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

It has a variety of features and services

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use and high availability

What do you dislike most about this product?

A bit pricey

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Variety of functions

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Caring
Saves Time

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Arc?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Cloud Analytics and Reporting The ability to track, report and vizualize cloud resource consumption to support life-cycle management, capacity planning, and (optionally) chargeback/showback

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Self Service Cloud Services Self-service provisioning (infrastructure, middleware, application) automation, including a service catalog and policy-based life-cycle management capabilities

Configuration Validation Reviews resources within a cloud footprint to confirm required configurations and standards.

Performance Monitoring Management Provide visibility into & control over the performance of servers/VMs, network, storage

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity Ability to scale horizontally to more instances when extra throughput or storage is required.

Orchestration and Workflow Management Orchestrating IT Processes such as Provisioning and RunBook Automation across on-prem and cloud workloads

Cloud SLA Management Governance Collects, aggregates and manages data to ensure adherence to committed service levels.

Application Release Automation Continuously manage the release and maintenance of applications.

Cloud Migration Migration of applications and workloads to cloud.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Janne M.

Currently the best public cloud in the world.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Yutaro n.

It is a cloud that provides very innovative tools.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tamara M.

Amazing software but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Integration

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Capacity Management

Self Service Cloud Services

Configuration Validation

Performance Monitoring Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Application Release Automation

Cloud Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization