Azure Virtual Machines Reviews & Product Details

Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are scalable, on-demand computing resources provided by Microsoft Azure, enabling users to deploy and manage virtualized Windows and Linux servers in the cloud. These VMs support a wide range of workloads, from simple web applications to complex enterprise solutions, offering flexibility and control over computing resources without the need for physical hardware maintenance. Key Features and Functionality: - Diverse VM Series: Azure offers various VM series tailored to specific needs: - General Purpose (D-series, B-series): Balanced CPU-to-memory ratio, suitable for web servers and small to medium databases. - Compute Optimized (F-series): High CPU-to-memory ratio, ideal for CPU-intensive tasks like batch processing. - Memory Optimized (E-series): High memory-to-CPU ratio, designed for in-memory applications and large databases. - Storage Optimized (L-series): High disk throughput and IOPS, perfect for big data and data warehousing. - GPU-enabled (N-series): Equipped with GPUs for graphics-intensive and machine learning workloads. - Operating System Support: Azure VMs support a broad range of operating systems, including various distributions of Linux and all supported versions of Windows Server. - Scalability and Availability: Features like Virtual Machine Scale Sets allow for automatic scaling of applications, and Availability Sets ensure high availability by distributing VMs across multiple physical servers. - Integrated Security: Built-in security features include Azure Security Center for threat detection and response, and compliance with various industry standards. - Cost Management: Options like Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances and Azure Hybrid Benefit help optimize costs, while Azure Spot Virtual Machines offer significant discounts for interruptible workloads. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Azure Virtual Machines offer businesses the ability to quickly deploy and manage scalable computing resources without the overhead of maintaining physical hardware. This flexibility allows organizations to respond rapidly to changing demands, optimize costs through various pricing options, and ensure high availability and security for their applications. By leveraging Azure VMs, users can focus on developing and running their applications while Azure handles the underlying infrastructure, leading to increased operational efficiency and agility.

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Microsoft

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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

15 months

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Google Compute Engine

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User Insights

Average based on 393 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

3 months

Perceived Cost

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Verified User in Airlines/Aviation

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/10/2024

"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.

Sanjana R.

Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/20/2024

""Azure Virtual Machine review""

5/5

What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Easy to implement cloud computing service.

Running virtual machine within our system does not create any problem with existing OS and it help business to save money that require for actual machine setup.

It is also usefull for testing and deployement of code in production system.

Azure VM is Scalable (Pay As You Go) it means we can increase the functionality of machine if there is high demand and similarly decrease it.

It offer good customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Everything looks good but subscription structure is little high for some application thus small company sometimes face problem.

Also sometime it is seen that computing require more time than expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dishank R.

Senior Information Technology Associate

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/22/2025

"Azure Virtual machine deployment and cost optimization"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Easy to create and deploy Virtual machine

cost optimization

maintenance done by Azure.

Easy to use.

Quick creation and deployment of Virtual machine's .

Easy intergartion with other MS Services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Setup process can be complex intially.

Nothing do dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shiv K.

AI Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/6/2024

"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.

What problems is Azure Virtual Machines solving and how is that benefiting you?

Azure offered us with great cognitive and machine learning services, which enabled our company to implement these AI capabilities into our webapps and helped us automate our business processes. It has also provided us with high end GPU instances for training and fine tunning our AI models with great accuracy and helped us deploy our webapps and models on our nearest servers for smooth experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/19/2024

"Fast reliable launch of services"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

My background is from different cloud vendor, when our project shifted to Azure we started exploring azure concepts. the main advantage of azure is fast and reliable launch of the virtual machine, as a added advantage the machine specifications can be edited after the launch. implementing the azure cloud in application is easy as our upstreams are already tightly integrated with the azure technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

the only thing is cost , but when compared to average cloud cost its ok. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham P.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/10/2024

"Azure Compute Service Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Azure Compute (Azure Virtual machine) offer great control and give multiple options of operating systems and components like RAM, Disk, Graphics ect.. You can migrate your local servers, data to azure compute easily and start using it on cloud. VMs are highly customizable, scalable and you can tailor VM size, applications as per your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

If you dont use the VMs/ compute in a optimized manner, it may lead to higher costs due to there granular control and pay as you go service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/8/2024

"Easy and effective"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

The facility to deploy and the documentation to help create exactly what you need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

When you screw up you most likely will have to delete and start over Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Revanth R.

Associate security analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/20/2024

"Azure virtual machines"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Azure Virtual Machines offer a range of benefits, but one of the standout features is their scalability. Whether we need to scale up to handle increased demand or scale down to save costs during periods of low activity, Azure VMs provide the flexibility to adjust resources according to your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Main dislike of Azure Virtual Machines could be the complexity of managing and configuring them, especially for users who are new to cloud computing or unfamiliar with Azure's interface. However, Azure offers extensive documentation and support resources to help users navigate these challenges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Virtual Machines solving and how is that benefiting you?

Scalability: They allow us to easily scale our computing resources up or down based on demand, ensuring optimal performance without overprovisioning.

Flexibility: With support for a wide range of operating systems and configurations, Azure VMs enable us to run diverse workloads, from web applications to databases.

Cost Efficiency: By only paying for the resources we use, Azure VMs help optimize costs, particularly for variable workloads where resource needs fluctuate.

Reliability: Azure's global network and redundancy features ensure high availability and reliability for your applications and services running on VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.