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Technical support engineer at 64 Network security pvt ltd
Real User
May 23, 2023
An exceptionally stable and easy-to-access solution for file storage and file backup
Pros and Cons
  • "Feature-wise, I like its stability. Also, it is easy to access the solution and its options."
  • "The security feature in the solution is an area that needs to be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We were using Microsoft Azure for file storage and file backup. So, it was one of our backup resources. Internally, NAS is there in our company. So, we go from NAS to Veeam and Veeam to Azure.

What is most valuable?

Feature-wise, I like its stability. Also, it is easy to access the solution and its options. Also, the backup solutions can take anything, so we can easily find out any option.


What needs improvement?

The security feature in the solution is an area that needs to be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have experience with Microsoft Azure until six months ago. Also, I was using the solution's latest version.


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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable product. There are more than 100 users using the solution. I am just involved in the maintenance of the servers and infrastructures.

How are customer service and support?

We need to purchase Microsoft Azure for our clients, including cloud backup and any Azure solutions. So, So that time, we need to contact technical support. I expect more technical support from Azure.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is straightforward. When you need to create multiple tasks, the solution can get complex. I am not involved in the deployment process.

What other advice do I have?

I can recommend it to other people who want to start using it. So, our company provides a lot of solutions to our clients, including backup solutions like NAS storage, cloud storage, and servers. Parallely, we provide support to users.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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BI Expert at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
May 8, 2023
Reliable, high performance, and stable
Pros and Cons
  • "I have not had a problem with the stability. It is reliable."
  • "I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."

What is our primary use case?

I only use Microsoft Azure for queries, creating databases, and applying rules. The data lakes are very simple to connect. 

What is most valuable?

Microsoft Azure is a very fast and high-performance solution. It is the best product today.

What needs improvement?

I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Microsoft Azure within the past 12 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have not had a problem with the stability. It is reliable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Amazon AWS, Oracle SQL, and NoSQL databases.

How was the initial setup?

The configuration of Microsoft Azure can be difficult because of the mapping.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Microsoft Azure an eight out of ten.

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Associate Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Feb 23, 2022
Competitively priced with excellent integration
Pros and Cons
  • "The best feature is it's easy to integrate with other Microsoft solutions."
  • "Compared with other cloud solution providers, Microsoft is not good at local support."

What is our primary use case?

I mainly use Azure for data analytics and implementation.

What is most valuable?

The best feature is it's easy to integrate with other Microsoft solutions.

What needs improvement?

Compared with other cloud solution providers, Microsoft is not good at local support.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with Azure for almost five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Azure's stability is ok, but there are issues sometimes. I'd rate its stability as seven or eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Azure is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft isn't good at local support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Azure is cheaper than solutions from other cloud vendors like AWS or Google.

What other advice do I have?

I prefer Azure to AWS or Google because it's cheaper and its ecosystem is better integrated. I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

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Implementation Engineer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Real User
Feb 18, 2022
Feature-rich, user-friendly, good performance, and is easy to setup
Pros and Cons
  • "We have not had any issues with the performance, or the stability."
  • "The license price could be lower."

What is our primary use case?

Microsoft Azure is essentially an IaaS solution, we use the DMs and everything in that.

Microsoft Azure is primarily an Infrastructure as a Service product.

What is most valuable?

We are satisfied with this solution.

We have not had any issues with the performance, or the stability.

It's more user-friendly than AWS.

What needs improvement?

I have only been using it for a month, so I'm still learning about the various options that are available. They have a lot of options, but I won't be able to comment unless I use it or explore it properly. Everything is fine, but I'm still learning.

The license price could be lower. If there is anything else, I will not know unless I explore.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have just started working with Microsoft Azure. I have been working with it for one month. I got my trial subscription and started working with it.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is a scalable product.

I use it for my own personal use.

How are customer service and support?

I contacted technical support a while ago. They were also helpful. I only had one question about the file quarantine and file locking options, and they were very helpful. They have a support team that responds fairly well.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

For remote work, we have been using Microsoft Teams.

We are also using McAfee Proxy, as well as Box.

We are also using Amazon AWS. 

I've only recently begun working with AWS. I started but then stopped because I didn't like the user interface. 

AWS is used and preferred by a large number of customers, but I am more comfortable working on Azure rather than AWS. This is a personal preference.

How was the initial setup?

The initial configuration is straightforward. We only need an email ID and we can sign up in a matter of minutes.

What about the implementation team?

We can complete the installation on our own.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing is determined by how much you can use and how much you want to use it.

It's not on a per-user basis; it's on a per subscription basis. It is dependent on how much you use. It has a metering system. If you use a service, you will have to pay for it. You do not have to pay if you do not use any of the services. That's how it works.

The licensing fees could be cheaper.

What other advice do I have?

I would definitely recommend this solution to others who are considering using it.

I would rate Microsoft Azure a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Senior Services Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
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Feb 15, 2022
Highly scalable, reliable, Missing the competitive edge
Pros and Cons
  • "The design of Microsoft Azure is for it to be scalable and it is scalable."
  • "When we work with Microsoft Azure we deploy it in a hybrid system. We do many operations with the open stack and I used it for APIs connected to Microsoft Azure. The reduction is because those APIs and our tools that are required to connect are not for the Microsft Azure solution. It has a bit of complexity, nothing to do with Microsoft Azure as a CSP."

What is our primary use case?

Most of our Customers do not want to have a single Cloud Service Provider (CSP) and have been adopting a Multi Cloud or a Hybrid Cloud scenario. We have addressed client requirements and have adopted CSP depending on the use case. We have worked with Azure and have provided niche solution such as Government Commercial Cloud, Healthcare Cloud etc.

What needs improvement?

We have deployed multiple solutions into Microsoft Azure. In most of the cases we augment our Application monitoring "in-house" developed tool to monitor things like garbage collection, IIS queuing. If these attributes and parameters could be included as part of the Azure Monitor it would be great.

For how long have I used the solution?

Using Microsoft Azure for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The design of Microsoft Azure is for it to be scalable and it is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted the support from Microsoft Azure. We support the solution ourselves. We have Azure architect experts who are on our payroll. We have experience since we have been working on the stack for almost two and a half years.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use all different types of CSP, such as Amazon AWS and Google Cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Microsoft Azure is complex.

I rate the initial setup of Microsoft Azure a four out of five.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes. We have a in-house Cloud CoE, that ensures the changes introduced by CSPs i.e. update on the new services that are provisioned as well as the periodic commercials impacts for the Services being consumed across all CSPs - Amazon AWS and Google Cloud

What other advice do I have?

All the cloud service providers(CSP) are more or less have the same services. The use case for the cloud would need the sustainment of tiering storage. We don't see a big discrepancy when it comes to Microsoft Azure, but there are pros and cons.

I rate Microsoft Azure a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Service Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Feb 10, 2022
Useful for data analytics, artificial intelligence, and helps you get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are
Pros and Cons
  • "With the Azure solution, you can get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are. It depends on your level of familiarity with the cloud you are using or with your computing. Azure helps you with every stage of the cloud."
  • "Something that could be added to the solution is the use of deep learning, which is going to grow in the near future."

What is our primary use case?

Azure is a big world with potential things that we have to check and learn. We have Azure as the data analytics, artificial intelligence, and much more. I work with technology like Microsoft, Symantec, and with Azure connectivity online, like SaaS.

We are integrators for AWS and Azure.

I don't know the exact number of users because we work with different customers. So one customer is only servicing one, another customer has probably 300, another customer has probably 500. We have different customers with a different number of users that use this technology.

What is most valuable?

With the Azure solution, you can get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are. It depends on your level of familiarity with the cloud you are using or with your computing. Azure helps you with every stage of the cloud. When you start using Azure, you don't even buy it. It's just a simple sign-in and a free account, and you get free services. It's a great way to get into that kind of technology. That's why I've been using this solution for almost eight years.

They have a feature from the network, the communication, so the firewall is the most communication that we can find when we try to work with the Azure platform. Perhaps it's our environment, and that not all the customers are familiar with how to work with cloud technologies. For that reason, it's the most communication that we can find. I am in the Azure service sales, and that is one of the features that can help you to stay informed and take any action in the area that you found a thing generated for.

It has a personalized dashboard for service issues. You can check the Azure service help, and you can find any issue that you have in your platform. It's a safe point to check when you have an issue, so you can manage the issue and learn how to track that issue, and you can more effectively execute plans that you have to scale or that you have to put in action using Azure bots.

They have free coursework that you can check on the website, and a free update that you can find for SQL server security. We are more familiar with Azure, so maybe we have to wait a couple of years to get more familiar with AWS.

What needs improvement?

Something that could be added to the solution is the use of deep learning, which is going to grow in the near future.

We are waiting for a new version, a new RFID for Azure Virtual Desktop AD 1, or Virtual Live Desktop AD 1. It really needs a whole new platform, because I think their platform has the best opportunity to offer features like HORIZONT.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for eight years.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

My advice is to just read and keep in touch. The technology is something that I have to read about every day, keep in touch with, study, take courses, and take certifications. So, currently, the best advice I can give to anyone is to keep updated.

Every time you check online you can find a new feature from Azure. The world of Azure is so big, so there is plenty of information that you can find, check, and test.

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Principal Cloud Architect at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Feb 8, 2022
This has become a critical solution for us with its broad diversity of services
Pros and Cons
  • "Reliable with ease of provisional services."
  • "I like the reliability of the solution and the ease of provisional services which can be a click and go."
  • "More expensive than other solutions without justification."
  • "I find that in many cases it's more expensive than AWS, and for no good reason."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is mostly for deploying services where we do not have the local infrastructure like hardware, or where it's not necessary for us to have the knowledge about how to set up a certain service. We just want to use it without concerns regarding running the service, backup, availability, etc. That's the reason we pay Microsoft the money for its Azure services, so we can just go ahead and use the product. Some of the services they've rendered have become business critical for the company, so we're using the solution on a daily basis. 

What is most valuable?

I like the reliability of the solution and the ease of provisional services which can be a click and go. I also like the broad diversity of services that are being offered.

What needs improvement?

I find that in many cases it's more expensive than AWS, and for no good reason. The pricing itself is also quite difficult to comprehend, it's not easy to know the total cost and not worth checking the calculator because the outcome is going to be totally different anyhow. I also find it difficult that they are specific to x86 and x64 machines, I haven't found any ARM-based virtual machine images that I could run in my IP test lab, which would be a great boost for productivity because I could run the internal pipeline in the cloud and would not have to divert to locally installed devices. 

If they want to be serious with IT devices then they should find a way of deploying ARM-based devices to Azure, to get more freedom of choice with virtual machines and services. It would be hardware virtual machine image offerings to other platforms, not only PC-based or x86-based. It would make my life much easier. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for four and a half years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are some glitches but it's a pretty solid solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

Overall, I'm quite satisfied with the technical support. There were different expectations about what I had understood from the description of the support offered and what the architects of Microsoft meant to deploy. Some of the documentation for Azure is sketchy enough to leave room for questions and that had to be sorted out with support, which is not a fault that the support guys should have to concern themselves with. If the documentation is not clear and the cloud device goes, then there's clearly room for improvement.

How was the initial setup?

The start was far easier than we expected it to be, but the complexity caught up with us half a year later also. It got more complex as we went along. We carried out the deployment ourselves. I'm a very experienced administrator, I know a lot about concepts of data centers. I know how they work, I know how to set them up. This is just another data center, it's just that it's not mine.

What other advice do I have?

We found it difficult to train our regular Windows admins to dive into Azure things, so it's important to get the right people or the project is doomed. There are too many people who don't really want to get to grips with the cloud. I would also suggest not starting from a fully regulated basis. We have our deployment fully integrated with Azure Active Directory, which can be quite a hindrance when it comes to just playing around with things. It's essential to give people developer accounts where they can just play around, break things, work through them, like a little lab. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Business Development Director at Optimiza Solutions
Reseller
Feb 6, 2022
Stable solution for secure data hosting
Pros and Cons
  • "This is a very stable product."
  • "I would like to see more automation and AI with the cloud to help the clients understand more about their clients, their history data, and their predictive analytics. This would help them better manage their clients."

What is our primary use case?

I am a business development director who helps my clients by providing solutions during their digital transformation journey. I am a reseller of Microsoft Azure. My clients use this solution to host their data on the cloud and to have a secure database.

What is most valuable?

This is a very stable product.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see more automation and AI with the cloud to help the clients understand more about their clients, their data history, and their predictive analytics. This would help them better manage their clients.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for almost four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. Some of my clients have thirty users while others have more than two hundred users.

How are customer service and support?

We have received very good support from Azure here in Jordan.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is quite complex and took about six months.

What other advice do I have?

Azure may seem intimidating but you will get use to the product the more time that you spend working in it.

I would rate this product a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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