Azure Virtual Machines

By Microsoft

4.4/5(393)
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Users appreciate the ease of use of Azure Virtual Machines, making cloud services accessible for beginners and seamless for businesses. (45 mentions)
Users appreciate the useful cloud storage components of Azure Virtual Machines, enhancing accessibility and efficiency for their teams. (29 mentions)
Users value the flexibility and scalability of Azure Virtual Machines, allowing quick resource deployment based on needs. (29 mentions)
Users appreciate the global accessibility and security of Azure Virtual Machines, enhancing productivity and user experience. (19 mentions)
Users enjoy the flexibility of Azure Virtual Machines, enabling seamless integration and access from anywhere globally. (19 mentions)
Users find Azure Virtual Machines to have a complex architecture that complicates solution design and service integration. (26 mentions)
Users express concerns over cost issues, highlighting the need for reduced pricing and better cost management strategies. (23 mentions)
Users find the pricing for Azure Virtual Machines to be high, particularly when scaling multiple instances for long-term workloads. (19 mentions)
Users experience a learning difficulty with Azure Virtual Machines, requiring time and practice to master its interface and features. (13 mentions)
Users find Azure Virtual Machines have poor customer support, leading to frustrations and unmet expectations during use. (10 mentions)

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Pratik S.
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best Cloud Computing Platform"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Microsoft Azure offers some of the best cloud services at low costs. It is one of the most popular cloud platforms used by many large organizations it provides user-friendly interface that makes it easy to identify and create services. microsoft azure offers a variety of services for different use cases based on pricing tiers and budget you can choose services like Web apps, Kubernetes, Azure functions and many more, depending on your needs. they also provide certifications and courses to help users understand the portal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

I don't dislike anything about Azure but some services like Application Gateway and Azure Cognitive Services can be a bit costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael W.
MW
Michael W.
Technical Support Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Microsoft Azure - Cloud Hosting Review"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

I love the flexibility of options with Microsoft Azure, you can select when you want your server on running and save money when it isn't needed and have it off. I love this and the ease of use with each server/VDI you are using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

When you need a lot of bandwidth and storage with growing websites and large images etc, this can cause a spike in expenses. Things like web servers are best not to use this infrastruture. Outside of this I love just about everything else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
AA
Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Cloud! The Future"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Switching to Microsoft Azure from our On-Premise environment has been one of the best decisions of our Organisation. Its easy to understand and implement features has been the highlight for me. Along with this, the customer support of Microsoft Azure is available 24/7 either via chat, email or even a phone call. In my work, I have to use Microsoft Azure on a daily basis. Initially it was scary to switch to cloud but Microsoft Azure has helped us to easily integrate our work to cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

There's actually not much to dislike about the Microsoft Azure, but if I had to choose something that could be made better is the cost which Microsoft charges. Although all the cost is justified by the product, but it is still not easy for small business to afford this cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shiv K.
SK
Shiv K.
AI Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Most reliable cloud computing platform for all our databases and webapps deployment."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Microsoft Azure is the safest cloud computing provider for deploying our webapps and AI models. It has multiple data centers in our region for better and faster connection. It has provided multiple data storage ranging from databases to buckets for all our needs. It has provided us all these services with high end security and scalability features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Their GPU machines are a bit costly and are limited too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PRASHI G.
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PRASHI G.
System Administrator L1
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Ms azure"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Virtual usage of operating systems and storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Cost is very expensive and I also find the support to be a bit slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Subhadip P.
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Subhadip P.
Technical Support Engineer 1
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Your cloud your Way"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Its is versatile,hybrid capabilies ,scalabilty ,secure and intereged with microsoft make this easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Cost and plans is the thing that i dont like. It should be more like what we pay for use not to create resources or creating Host and not using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

APOORV P.
AP
APOORV P.
Associate Data Scientist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"All in one solution for cloud needs"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Azure is a modern all in one place for my cloud requirements. It provides solutions ranging from simple virtual machines to a full suite of tooling for building and maintaining software products at big organizations.

Its SDK makes the experience much better, I'm able to run my favourite programming languages without the hesitation of support issues.

All in all I'd highly recommend it for building next gen applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Due to its massive tooling and usecases it can feel pretty overwhelming at times, apart from that costing sometines could be a bit on the higher side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Moses C.
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Moses C.
ICT Trainer & Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Multipurpose Cloud Solution Provider"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

I was impressed by the vastness of services provided by Microsoft Azure. It lead me to attaining a few certifications during my pathway to learning more about the services provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Learning about all Azure services may take a lot of time. In some cases users may need to undertake relevant certification training to learn about all of its features and effectively utilize the solutions. Not have this knowledge may lead to mistakes such as leaving services running and ending up paying for it under the pay as you go model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harminder C.
HC
Harminder C.
Support Analyst
Computer Networking
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Azure is great all-in-one cloud environment, really easy to use and navigating is a breeze."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Azure appears to be built from the ground up as an all-in-one cloud solution, everything you need to administer your cloud apps/servers/endpoints or 365 services is on hand and easy to navigate. The pricing is nice and simple too and doesn't make it difficult to gauge what you're going to be paying. I particularly like the ACL permissions element which makes admin management a breeze. Google Cloud and Amazon AWS take note. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Ultimately the price of certain services, Microsoft sometimes showcase their ability or usefulness to combat a specific on-premise service or security issue but it almost feels as if you're constantly being guided to use their solution only and at full cost. It's not the simplest infrastructure to add in your own services or link any non-Azure instances without some tinkering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive
AA
Verified User in Automotive
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best Public Cloud for Windows workloads"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Platform is easy to use, and lot of services available for windows workloads.

Active Directory is very useful for windows infrastructure.

Cost wise more economical for windows workloads compared to other public clouds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Process wise more complex for architecting solutions especially with ADs, renewing licenses etc.

Data transfer from on-premise to azure is very costly

Azure support is not up to mark Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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