Microsoft Azure Reviews

Microsoft Azure - A Complete Cloud services Provider

Comments: Excellent . Its a whole together new world of cloud services

Pros:

Plethora of features, cloud services you ened to setup your application , environment , labs and whatnot

Cons:

Sometimes with so many services and features at your disposal , it takes time to get acquainted with the product.

Good but expensive.

Comments: Overall an extremely powerful and well integrated service. With the right licensing you can build and operate a well moving and redundant system.

Pros:

Lots of quick integrations and prebuilt features for bringing on other tools and building a microsoft based stack.

Cons:

Hidden pay walls with various pieces of services hidden behind tiering and no good definition of what goes where.

Use for hosting

Comments: We use Azure to host our clients databases.

Pros:

I can access all my clients databases easily.

Cons:

Sometimes can be slow and freezes up which is frustrating.

Pros and Cons of Microsoft Azure

Comments: It offers many services from storage to AI solutions which have proven powerful for my development projects, especially with its seamless integration with other Microsoft tools. However, my initial learning curve was challenging due to its vast services and pricing structures. Their security is a plus but their support channels feel bureaucratic at times.

Pros:

If you're a developer who loves all things Microsoft, Azure feels familiar and much easier to start working on projects. It's secure, has everything you need to build, and lets you grow your projects as big (or small) as you need.

Cons:

Azure's range of services can feel overwhelming for beginners, with a bit of a learning curve to navigate all the features and their pricing structures.

Virtual Infrastructure for a reasonable cost

Pros:

It's easy to understand the costs, provision VDI and Virtual Machines, and get them running in a matter of minutes, with RBAC and data security enabled.

Cons:

There is a STEEP learning curve to understand what is needed, how to deploy, and the vNets

Great if you're already using .NET/ Good for everyone else.

Comments: I've been working professionaly with Azure for about 6 years with 2 years off using Cloudfoundry. Azure is far better than Cloudfoundry. And if you are already building with microsoft tech like .NET and C#, Azure is a very natural extension into the cloud.

Pros:

If you are already a programmer using the Microsoft software ecosystem, Azure is the cloud for you.

Cons:

The pricing can be a bit expensive. There are a number of free services and if you don't need to scale up a lot you can probably accomplish a lot on the Azure cloud for free.

Microsoft Azure: A comprehensive cloud solution

Comments: I have been using Microsoft Azure for almost 5 years now and I would definitely recommend it because its pros outweigh the cons

Pros:

Scalability, different Integrations, Security features and high availability/reliability are the features that I like about Microsoft Azure

Cons:

One of the biggest cons of Microsoft Azure are its learning curve

Microsoft Azure - overall experience

Comments: The ability to be able to host our files for our websites for our customers it is very easy to use out of the box.

Pros:

The ability to be able to host our files for our website.

Cons:

There is nothing I have found at the moment.

Microsoft

Comments: GREAT love Microsoft very much and easy to use

Pros:

Very helpful especially for people who don't know how to navigate Microsoft

Cons:

No dislikes about Microsoft at all love it

Popular for Cloud Computing

Comments: Using Azure effectively requires familiarity with its services and configurations. This can involve a learning curve for teams new to cloud computing or specific Azure services.

Pros:

I like that it has a easy user interface for customers to use. It is relatively easy to navigate and the dashboards give you summarized information that you need. Azure provides a wide range of services and the ability to scale resources up or down based on demand. This flexibility supports varying workloads and business needs.

Cons:

I believe it has a slightly complex pricing structure - with various factors affecting costs such as compute, storage, and data transfer fees. It requires careful planning to avoid unexpected charges.

Microsoft Azure review by Matthias

Comments: I would like to highlight that the overall Azure functionalities and how everything is so tightly integrated makes it very attractive to work with in a professional context where everything is fast-paced. Both experienced people in our team, as well as new-joiners can easily navigate Azure and support client engagements. Generally, the interface is very intuitive and easy to work with, even for people who are new to it and don't need all the bells and whistles. Additionally, I like the Azure also publishes APIs that make it easy for more experienced profiles to streamline their workflow or integrate with 3rd party tools to make life easier.

Pros:

For me, the most important features are the VMs, network access control, security features (like storage encryption) and the logging/monitoring. I use these on a weekly basis to support my work on offensive client engagments (Red Team exercises).

Cons:

I dislike the cost as this is marginally higher than other cloud providers but since I use this in a professional context, the cost is not relevant to me. I understant that for all the functionality and Quality of Life features, the general cost of the platform will be higher. Additionally, I dislike that the are planning to discontinue the possibility for Domain Fronting. Lastly, Azure limits SMTP outgoing traffic behind an enterprise license subscription and strictly monitors it, which is why we are forced to look elsewhere to host mail relays/servers when used for offensice engagements.

Microsoft Azure: A Comprehensive Cloud Computing Solution

Comments: Overall, Microsoft Azure is an excellent cloud computing solution for businesses of all sizes. It's easy to use, highly secure, and provides the scalability and automated resource management needed to meet the demands of businesses of all sizes.

Pros:

Microsoft Azure is an incredibly powerful and versatile cloud computing solution. It's easy to use, highly available, and has a wide range of features and services that make it a great choice for businesses of all sizes. The scalability and automated resource management make it easy to scale up and down as needed, and the advanced security features provide peace of mind.

Cons:

Microsoft Azure can be expensive for smaller businesses, and the interface can be confusing for those who are not familiar with cloud computing. Additionally, the learning curve for cloud computing can be steep, so small businesses may need to invest in additional support or training.

Very easy to learn especially because it embraces different languages to code and implement.

Comments: Easy to learn. I have enjoyed achievements after achievements. It is fun using Microsoft Azure.

Pros:

It has been a journey with Microsoft Azure. From tough beginnings where I couldn't tell what I really wanted with the software. It has been fun learning the capabilities of this software with time. It's innovative technology is impressive. Microsoft Azure modernizes processes with simple to understand insights. With my little knowledge in coding, I have achieved so much and excited to achieve more with this great tool.

Cons:

It needs basic coding knowledge. But no worries, you can learn with time and everything will flow. It is a great software.

Great software!

Comments: Turning up virtual conditions and facilitating programming for customers and we utilize cold and hot stockpiling for customers servers and backs with sky blue as they offer probably the best stockpiling rates when contrasted with AWS. We can likewise turn up virtual area and dynamic indexes for our customers to expel the warmth and upkeep from little offices on the edge of their condition that probably won't have a committed space for IT. Permitting us to now just offsite the IT yet in addition the foundation.

Pros:

I have discovered the best use for Azure is to off site the IT equipment for framework, So now IT can have the group off site as well as now that off site group doesn't need to stress over the servers being moved by workers messing around in the system closets.Allowing whole organizations to be overseen off site.

Cons:

Lacking options for life cycle management. - Some of the capacities just work in the great gateway. The unwavering quality of the administrations relies upon the innovative and monetary limit of the suppliers of administrations in the cloud. The data of the organization must experience various hubs to arrive at its goal, every one of them (and its channels) are a wellspring of frailty. The centralization of the applications and the capacity of the information begins an association of the specialist co-ops. It is valuable in the event that you are inexperienced with Azure to take an internet instructional class that will take you far to ace it and increment your trust in the item. It will in general use assets and when the VM goes down it is moderate and freezes. the dashboard configuration is confounding AF, it is hard to discover things. You pay the help, or send them a tweet and cross your fingers. Charging is confounding, particularly toward the start, and it is difficult to gauge costs without seeing the utilization of a whole application/site. foundation as an assistance permits me to save time and assets up to that point to keep up its own framework, safety efforts are past the scope of most organizations, security guidelines give clients the certainty that their information will be completely ensured. The help was deficient (my experience of 1 of every year and a half was extremely baffling). In rundown, paying little heed to what the framework lets you know, on the of

The New Way to Develop, Deploy, and Maintain

Comments: I honestly really like it. In the beginning (as with anyone) I found myself constantly wanting to go back to Pivotal or VM Ware's suite of tools and software but after learning what Azure can do and getting comfortable with it, its not so bad. Learning shortcuts and tricks makes a big difference in speeding up your tasks so I highly recommend learning how the folks at Microsoft utilize Azure as they know all the tips and tricks. Other than that, its sturdy, reliable, and its reaching its "One-stop shop" capabilities as I learn more and continue using it.

Pros:

Microsoft went all out to develop the one-stop shop for enterprise development. Azure has everything you need to succeed when it comes to development, deploying, staging, maintaining, and monitoring. Microsoft has gone the extra mile to make sure all steps have their own respective software or portal to ensure maximum fluid integration. When it all works, it works very very well. You won't be needing to go out and find additional software to what they're offering because they have thought everything through. On the other end however, sometimes we have our own preferences so Microsoft has made sure that Azure is adaptable to 3rd party applications, software, plugins, pretty much the whole nine-yards. They even play nice with some of the competing software they created this whole suite for. In essence, Microsoft is making sure this is the software for anyone's use. Of course the same is supported with countless and invaluable tutorials, courses, and forums to ensure your success using Azure.

Cons:

When something did break, Microsoft's support is slow at best. No matter what the urgency, it always took an extra push or kick to really get Microsoft's attention. Regardless of the severity of any issue found, I believe that Microsoft should really look into understanding their client's impact and not just determine severity based on their outlook (no pun intended). Azure overall is great and this is really the only significant issue I have found. Also, the Azure suite is nothing you can learn over night but given the amount of features and capabilities, it may take some time to learn it all. I will say that it is similar to other tools and software used in the same field so it makes it easier but if you want to use its true potential, it will still take time to learn.

The total cloud solution for medium to large companies

Comments: We implemented an API Microservice architecture. After the initial implementation we thought it was really fast to implement. But after a year or so, the same problem arises that always arises: development halts or gets complicated, solving small bugs becomes a daily task. From then on only one thing matters: find the bug within 5 seconds, while the "customer" (or reporter) is on the other end of the telephone line. And from then on, azure shows it's chaotic head. What queue is used by this function through what API Manager API, and who else uses this? We try to solve this by documenting everything (and its relation to anything else) in a documentation environment (not azure).

Pros:

It can do so many things... after 2 years of using this product I think I still haven't touched half of what's possible. It makes creating API's, flows, queues, logging a lot easier, since the boring stuff (maintaining the tools that allows that functionality) is taken care of. Also, the support is great. There are many learning paths and they're all very easy to follow.

Cons:

Azure is very chaotic. A cloud solution almost always incorporates some kind of API environment. For an API environment it's really important that it follows some kind of domain driven architecture. After creating hundreds of API's, you really want to be able to categorize the API's according to your organization's enterprise domain architecture, otherwise it gets really hqrd to search through hundreds of API's to find the one to work on. Every API is then dependent on many other things, like queues, gateways, API Manager, other functions, flows etc. And they're all configured "vertically": there is your "resource group", and under this you'll find all queues, all functions, all gateways, all everything. Now, of course it's possible to create resource groups in a modular way, following the domain architecture of your organization. But things cost money! A lot of money. So for instance, if you want to group all API's and queues etc that belong to, say, your "sales" domain, and want to have the same organization for, say, the "HR" domain, you'll need to add two gateways, two API Managers, two this, two that. And they all cost money. In the end, when costs need to be limited, you'll end up with very (too large) resource groups that contain so many different concepts and domains, that it's almost impossible to quickly find your way around.

The best cloud service

Comments: It was an excellent solution to us. We use many of its background services: file storage, database housing, is a very good application

Pros:

The platform is very professional and requires good technical knowledge, its free period of use is one year and you just have to pay for it. During the last three decades, due to the obvious advantages of Microsoft in the field of business computer science, Microsoft is quickly updating. Your work is relatively easy. In addition to providing recovery, import and export sites, and Azure backup, Microsoft Azure also provides: storage of blobs blocks and storage of tables, queues and files. It provides flexibility to use Azure Blob to store and recover large amounts of unstructured data, such as multimedia documents and files. Azure Storage can meet your growing data needs and each account can store up to 500 TB of total storage space. A single subscription admits up to 50 storage accounts, which can provide PB of storage space for larger scale plans. If you are creating great sites for consumers or data applications, Azure aims to solve this problem. Azure Storage will automatically copy your data to help prevent unexpected failures and give you the confidence that they will be available when you need them. Three copies of the data are saved in a single area. The geographical redundancy option can create three additional copies to hundreds of kilometers away.

Cons:

You must when it is a bit difficult to configure, and some services are not available.

Azure: Unleashing the Power of Cloud Innovation

Comments: Generally, I have used It and it has amazing offers that cater to diverse needs, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Azure's scalability, flexibility, and global infrastructure have been awesome to me, allowing them to easily scale my resources and deploy applications closer to their target audience. I had setup several VM's to do my work hence making it effective to deploy and automate tasks easily.

Pros:

What I like most about the platform is its broad range of cloud services, offering scalability, flexibility, and integration with other Microsoft apps and services. Its hybrid capabilities enable seamless integration between on-premises infrastructure and the cloud. Azure's strong security measures and global infrastructure provide me with peace of mind and the ability to deploy resources closer to their target audience. While desired features may vary, Azure offers enhanced monitoring, AI and machine learning services, serverless computing options, and industry-specific solutions which is basically a good idea for me.

Cons:

There are areas that I have identified as potential areas for improvement. I have found Azure's complexity challenging, particularly for newcomers to cloud platforms, and cost management can be a concern due to the pricing structure and the need for careful monitoring. I will also mention the responsiveness and effectiveness of technical support as a potential area for improvement. Desired features vary depending on specific use cases, but users may desire enhancements in areas like advanced analytics, automation, monitoring, and seamless integration with third-party services. I still find certain aspects complex.

Microsoft Azure: PaaS Services which Compete with Top-Notch Cloud Providers

Comments: Very good experience using MS Azure. Complete set of PaaS services in the domains I tried such as in ML/AI, IoT and networking.

Pros:

I have developed AI model training software on Azure using the Azure AI platform. My main focus was on developing NLP speech recognition solutions as well as computer vision object detectors for home automation and IoT sensing. The PaaS services provided by Azure are unexpectedly very versatile and complete. I just imported some customized packages needed by Keras and all the rest was more or less available out of the box in Azure. Azure was also used to develop and deploy the server software on the Web backend using IIS and Apache. A combination of IaaS and PaaS services as well as the preconfigured SaaS models provide a comprehensive set of cloud services for developers. I am in the process of inspecting more and more services provided by Azure in the fields of data security and privacy, NoSQL databases, IoT and Big Data Analytics.

Cons:

Compared to Amazon AWS, Azure doesn't provide the same VM capabilities in terms of performance. Amazon has more offers that would definitely make the cloud services used much cheaper on the long run. Though it is hard to compare unless we know the application paradigm to be developed, but I believe that Amazon is still excelling in terms of the on-demand pricing model they follow and the offers they provide.

MS Azure, why i use it for computing?

Comments: Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud computing platform that offers a broad range of services to meet the needs of businesses and developers. Its scalability, global presence, and robust security measures provide flexibility, optimized costs, improved performance, and instill confidence in users. With a wide range of services, Azure empowers users to build, deploy, and manage their applications efficiently. Overall, Azure is a reliable, secure, and feature-rich option that is highly regarded among organizations seeking a solid cloud computing solution.

Pros:

I've noticed that Microsoft invests heavily in security and innovating new ways to use the cloud. In fact, they come up with so many new features that sometimes it's hard for users to keep up. Nevertheless, I see this as a positive thing because it shows their commitment to improving their product and providing the best possible experience for their users.

Cons:

In my experience, debugging apps can be challenging as it's not always a straightforward process. I wish there were more readily available dashboards and graphs that could provide insights into how the app is performing. Unfortunately, the current process often involves setting up multiple queries and instrumentation, which can be time-consuming and tedious. Improved accessibility to detailed performance metrics would greatly benefit developers, allowing for a more streamlined and efficient debugging process.

Inclusive Cloud Platform

Comments: Microsoft Azure provides the perfect environment to design, develop, test, deploy, and monitor advanced analytics workloads on the cloud. We use Azure for data warehousing, Pipelines, and machine learning to extract and process data from various sources. The SQL-managed services handle infrastructure and resource allocation to simplify the provisioning process and help us focus our team effort on workflow optimization, solution improvements, and project goals. Azure Cloud is a Collaborative and inclusive development environment with an easy-to-navigate user interface and has efficient billing and cost management tools that help us better our teamwork.

Pros:

Microsoft Azure provides reliable cloud storage, computing, networking, infrastructure, resources, and tools for solution development and deployment. The analytical services and SQL solutions are fast and integrate seamlessly with on-premises SQL Server systems. The platform is secure, easy to implement, and continuously adds new features and advanced AI capabilities. The customer support is friendly and responsive. Also, Azure has an extensive learning platform and solution architecture center to help developers design and optimize better cloud solutions.

Cons:

Azure continuously adding new features is critical for success, but it is a bit overwhelming and requires continuous learning to keep up with the latest updates.

Microsoft Azure: The best Cloud computing platform for your company. You need to check this!

Comments: Incredible cloud computing software.

Pros:

The available tools and GUI. It's been so nice to manage the cloud with those tools, that I simply forgot the CLI.

Cons:

The backbone and network configurations are such a hard thing to deal with. Microsoft Azure support team for this kind of issue, are hard to reach and takes too much time to solve it.

A Competitive Cloud Provider

Comments: I've been using Microsfot Azure since last 6+ years and I am still convinced that it is the best cloud services solution available in the market. Compared to GCP and AWS it offers a good balance between cost and benefits.

Pros:

Microsoft Azure has many features, but perhaps one of the things that I find most valuable it is how easy to use is the Azure Portal. Compared to Google Cloud or AWS , Azure portal is intuitive and you can deploy resources in a nutshell. There are a vast number of resources from which you can select the ones that fit your needs. You can quickly deploy Linux or Windows Servers, VPN services, Load Balancers, API Gateway, and so on...

Cons:

One important feature that it is missing, is an improvement in the Azure Calculator that allow you to effectively calculate your monthly costs. It tends to be quite difficult to do an accurate estimate of prices.

The superior cloud platform for any health system needing to protect patient information

Comments: Overall, azure has been an excellent development for our company. The few times we’ve run into issues, the customer support has been incredibly helpful

Pros:

The compliance and robustness of azure cloud is phenomenal, and the customizable it’s with regard to api connection (and development) has been critical

Cons:

This is not the cheapest option, and for purely data storage I would not recommend

Review about Microsoft Azure

Comments: Microsoft Azure is widely recognized as a powerful and comprehensive cloud computing platform. It offers a vast array of services and features that cater to the diverse needs of businesses and developers. Azure's scalability allows users to easily scale their resources up or down based on demand, providing flexibility and cost optimization. Its global presence ensures that users can deploy their applications closer to their target audience, resulting in improved performance and reduced latency. Azure's robust security measures, including data encryption and access controls, instill confidence in users regarding the protection of their sensitive information. With a wide range of services such as virtual machines, databases, AI tools, and analytics, Azure empowers users to build, deploy, and manage their applications efficiently. The integration with other Microsoft products and services creates a seamless and cohesive experience, while Azure's extensive documentation and support resources facilitate learning and troubleshooting. Overall, Microsoft Azure is highly regarded for its reliability, scalability, security, and extensive feature set, making it a preferred choice for organizations seeking a robust cloud computing solution.

Pros:

Sharing important content like videos and graphics easily, quickly, and securely without any limitations brings me immense joy.

Cons:

I received an email from a bot, which I ignored. I also received a missed call from someone, but I couldn't reach them when I tried to call back.