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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.2 /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 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

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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91 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+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?

3% Negative

3% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Multiple Region Support

Cloud Integration

Load Balancing

Access Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Cloud Backup

Data Migration

Analytics and Reporting

Regulatory Compliance

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Uday kiran C.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Feb 2024

Easy of running ML tasks via virtualization.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

These are easy to learn complex machine learning and deep learning task.So that will be easy to integrate in our projects.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Virtualization techniques are good.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing like that.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Must use this for complex algorithms to integrate in the projects.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rachit S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Feb 2024

Supportive diverse workloads and flexible to use

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

It stand out for their flexibility and support for diverse workloads, making them suitable for a wide range of applications. Additionally, Azure provides hybrid cloud capabilities, allowing seamless integration between on-premises and cloud environments.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure Virtual Machines for their versatility, wide range of configurations, and seamless integration within the broader Azure ecosystem. The ability to scale resources based on demand and the support for various operating systems are among the favored aspects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

managing and configuring Virtual Machines on Azure could involve a learning curve, especially for new to cloud services. It’s crucial to familiarize with the platform’s features and documentation to optimize usage.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely worth using this product, should recommend it to others

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Effective Service

Vishnu M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

A flexible cloud platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

I think it is one of the leading cloud computing platforms, which provide wide range of services and solution for business and developers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

CPU/Database usage logs are clear, many different functions such as the App Service, Application Insights, Development areas. Highly reliable, never really experienced any downtime.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The different confusing subscription models. The costings escalate quickly once an intention of backups and high availability is considered. The Azure AD Connect on occasion might not automatically synchronize the different updates.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It can be a bit overwhelming at first, but to overcome that I would suggest you to following Azure Fundamentals and Administrator courses.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

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

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

86 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

Multiple Region Support Customers can easily move their services into another one of our data centers for simplified and fast multi-region availability.

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

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Uday kiran C.

Easy of running ML tasks via virtualization.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rachit S.

Supportive diverse workloads and flexible to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vishnu M.

A flexible cloud platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Multiple Region Support

Cloud Integration

Load Balancing

Access Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Cloud Backup

Data Migration

Analytics and Reporting

Regulatory Compliance

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support