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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Migrate your business- and mission-critical workloads to Azure infrastructure and improve operational efficiency. Run SQL Server, SAP, Oracle® software and high-performance computing applications on Azure Virtual Machines. Choose your favorite Linux distribution or Windows Server.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines 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.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

87 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.

+93 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 Virtual Machines?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Fair
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Load Balancing

Access Management

Cloud Integration

Analytics and Reporting

Cloud Backup

Encryption and Decryption Support

Data Migration

Regulatory Compliance

Systems Performance Management

SLA Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Kaniaru K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Government
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Microsoft Azure has a strong focus on security

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Data Security-Not only is the platform protected, but the end-user is also covered with Azure. This multi-level of protection is essential as security threats continue to multiply daily across the globe, targeting end-users and putting your business’ data at risk. Scalability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cost-Effective It’s imperative to keep IT budgets in mind when choosing a cloud provider, which is why the Microsoft Azure platform is so attractive to many organizations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost-Effective It’s imperative to keep IT budgets in mind when choosing a cloud provider, which is why the Microsoft Azure platform is so attractive to many organizations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure can offer a service level agreement, or SLA, of more than 90%, something that most businesses cannot achieve

Pros

Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Caring

Nicholas J.

Role: Operations
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Amazing to use, recommend it.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Comprehensive set of services: Azure offers a broad range of services, including virtual machines, storage, databases, analytics, machine learning, IoT, and more. It also provides a wide range of development tools and frameworks, making it a comprehensive platform for building and deploying applications. Hybrid cloud capabilities: Azure provides robust support for hybrid cloud scenarios, allowing businesses to seamlessly connect their on-premises infrastructure with the cloud. This can be especially valuable for businesses that need to maintain some of their operations on-premises due to regulatory or compliance requirements.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

quickly and easily scale my applications and services up or down as needed and ensures that we remain available and performant even during high demand.

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing i can think right now

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its worthy going for it

Pros

Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Respectful

Cons

Commodity Features

Ricardo P.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

A solution for our team

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Unlike other tools, we can say that this one is different because it is a cloud computing platform that offers a wide range of services and tools to help organizations create, implement and manage applications and services in the cloud.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What I like the most about this tool is that Azure supports a wide range of programming languages, operating systems, frameworks, and tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Since I have been using this product, I have not found any fault with this tool, rather I can say that it is very complete, so we can say that it is in the right direction.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

One of the reasons I can recommend this tool is because it is intuitive, easy to use, and provides a great range of scalability and flexibility.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Pros

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

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

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

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Kaniaru K.

Microsoft Azure has a strong focus on security

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nicholas J.

Amazing to use, recommend it.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Ricardo P.

A solution for our team

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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SLA Management

Capacity Management

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