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reviewer1772160 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manufacture at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jan 30, 2022
Limitless infrastructure possibilities with good reliability and a potentially quick deployment
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable aspect of the solution is the limitless possibilities of the infrastructure."
  • "Technical support needs improvement."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable aspect of the solution is the limitless possibilities of the infrastructure. 

What needs improvement?

The documentation is out of date. It needs to be improved and modernized. 

Technical support needs improvement. 

I would like to see more flexibility surrounding what framework you can use for machine learning model creation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. it's reliable and the performance is good. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution scales well. A company can expand it as necessary.

We have around 100 consultants using the solution. 

How are customer service and support?

They do not seem to have enough technical support staff. Sometimes you have to contact them using email. You get the answer maybe three weeks after that email. It's available, however, it's not enough, and it's not very fast.

How was the initial setup?

In terms of the initial implementation, how difficult or easy it is depends on the services. The most common deployments are pretty clear and it's pretty simple, however, in some cases, it's very difficult.

The deployments can be fast. For the simplest ones, five minutes is enough. However, sometimes when you are trying to use a specific service, for example, the cloud solution, it could take days or weeks just to get it available.

What about the implementation team?

We have had a partner support us with the implementation. 

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

We pay a licensing fee on a yearly basis. I don't have details in terms of the exact costs. Sometimes there are extra costs here and there. 

What other advice do I have?

We're a partner.

Inside the cloud, I have experience using different kinds of products like databases products virtual machines, etc.

I'd advise new users to prepare for certification. The most basic one is fine. Companies should preview the solution before they start any project.

I would rate the solution at an eight 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?

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Hema Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Affiliate at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jan 30, 2022
Integrates well, secure, and user friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "The main benefit of Microsoft Azure is that it is cloud-based. We are using Microsoft Visual Studio for our code and it is tightly integrated with Microsoft Azure. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly."
  • "The dashboard of Microsoft Azure could be better."

What is our primary use case?

Microsoft Azure is entirely our current cloud computing product in which the team is engaged. We are using the stack for development and application logs, and audit perception from the application. We are using the log services.

What is most valuable?

The main benefit of Microsoft Azure is that it is cloud-based. We are using Microsoft Visual Studio for our code and it is tightly integrated with Microsoft Azure. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

The dashboard of Microsoft Azure could be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have found the scalability of Microsoft Azure very good.

We have approximately 60 users using this solution, we have plans to increase usage to 100 users.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted the support from Microsoft directly. However, we have a consultant from Microsoft providing us support when needed.

What about the implementation team?

We have a six-person DevOps team that does the maintenance and support of Microsoft Azure.

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

The price of  Microsoft Azure is reasonable.

What other advice do I have?

I would highly recommend this solution to others. There are still unexplored areas of this solution.

I rate Microsoft Azure an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1647507 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jan 27, 2022
Advantageous UX that could use an enhanced integration pipeline
Pros and Cons
  • "The Azure Portal has an advantage in terms of UX making buying resources or downgrading is really easier to understand. AWS has micro, smaller functionalities whereas Azure has more end-to-end focus which makes it easier saving you time and money."
  • "The integration pipeline could be a bit more broad in terms of applications."

What is our primary use case?

We, as consultants of Azure, have used the SQL storage accounts, Databricks for computing models, and Data Factory for ETLs. 

What is most valuable?

The Azure Portal has an advantage in terms of UX making buying resources or downgrading is really easier to understand. AWS has micro, smaller functionalities whereas Azure has more end-to-end focus which makes it easier saving you time and money.

What needs improvement?

The integration pipeline could be a bit more broad in terms of applications.

Additionally, some companies require third parties to develop on their cloud. it would be interesting to see if it would be possible to provide another company with restricted access to their analytical tech stack.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the solution for the past three 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?

There is potential for scalability but that becomes more complex the more packaged the product is.

How are customer service and support?

I have never used support personally but I have heard that it is good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward - one fifth of the work in comparison to AWS. It took about three months in total.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer936228 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager- Projects at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 26, 2022
Scalable, stable, and easy to install cloud computing platform
Pros and Cons
  • "Installation is easy as it's cloud-based. Performance is good. It's stable and scalable."
  • "Integration with more platforms needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

Microsoft Azure is for customers who want to move to cloud-based solutions, take advantage of licensing e.g. hardware or software licensing benefits, and other cloud-related benefits, e.g. Azure container benefits, making their applications more scalable, etc.

What is most valuable?

This solution shows good performance. There were learning hiccups initially, but now it's okay.

What needs improvement?

More integration with other platforms is what I would like included in the next release for this solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been implementing Microsoft Azure for our customers for four 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?

I found Microsoft Azure to be scalable.

How are customer service and support?

We don't directly interact with technical support because the licenses are bought by our customers, so it's our customers who interact with them, but we didn't see any major issues with Microsoft Azure, on the ground.

How was the initial setup?

As Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based solution, installation was easy.

What about the implementation team?

Our team implemented this solution. The technical team, particularly those with knowledge about Microsoft Azure should be able to implement it well. We used our engineers to implement it.

What other advice do I have?

We've been using different Microsoft solutions. Microsoft has solutions. It starts from Azure data sending, data storage, and other Azure related solutions. other Microsoft solutions that everybody uses include Office, Outlook, C#, .Net, etc., from the technical side.

It is our customers who use Microsoft Azure. They wanted to move to Microsoft Azure, so we moved them. We just maintain it for them, and also do the development and the support for their applications.

For people who want to start using this solution, if they are currently using the Microsoft Stack on-premises, moving to Microsoft Azure will be good.

'm giving Microsoft Azure a score of eight 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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reviewer1752084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Success Manager - Architect: Cloud and Data Platform at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
Jan 23, 2022
Brings a lot of value to our business and our customers
Pros and Cons
  • "The product brings a lot of value to our business and customers."
  • "The microservices and analytics of Azure are good areas that could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

My experience is in development and architecture of technology. This includes experience with cloud, cloud maintenance, and multi-cloud. I am certified in Azure Fundamentals. My company is a partner reseller of Microsoft Azure. In our organization, we have approximately 1000 people using this solution and we have plans to increase our usage in the future.

What is most valuable?

The product brings a lot of value to our business and customers.

What needs improvement?

The microservices and analytics of Azure are good areas that could be improved.

Microsoft Azure has technology compatible with OpenShift from backtrack, but I would like it if they could evaluate another vendor of technology of microservices like Rancher to integrate with.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Azure stability is good.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is good. However, Microsoft provides support tools that you can refer to that usually resolve the issues before needing to contact support. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Azure is complex. It took almost 6 months to deploy the solution.

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

We pay a monthly licensing cost.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Microsoft Azure a 10 out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Business Development Manager at ITQS
Real User
Jan 16, 2022
Flexible, easy to configure, and good support
Pros and Cons
  • "There are a lot of things that we like about it. It is very easy to provision and configure. It is flexible and scalable."
  • "We have faced some issues on the pricing side, but it has improved lately. We are trying to adjust to the new pricing methods that they are using now. It should be better from now on."

What is our primary use case?

Its main use case is data center migration. We are doing data center migration to Microsoft Azure.

Azure is a set of different services, and the version depends on the service that you choose, but normally, we work with the latest version.

What is most valuable?

There are a lot of things that we like about it. It is very easy to provision and configure. It is flexible and scalable.

What needs improvement?

We have faced some issues on the pricing side, but it has improved lately. We are trying to adjust to the new pricing methods that they are using now. It should be better from now on.

In terms of features, it is constantly improving. We receive improvements from the site daily.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for about 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. We have a team of 15 engineers who are continually working with our customers to provide support for the solution.

How are customer service and support?

Their support is good.

How was the initial setup?

Its setup is easy.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise others to start moving everything to the cloud because it is cheaper, flexible, and scalable.

I would rate it a 10 out of 10.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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reviewer1248522 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead Information Security Control at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Jan 12, 2022
Easy to manage on private cloud
Pros and Cons
  • "The ability to create the actual resource on the private cloud is easy to manage with Microsoft Azure."
  • "The response time and stability of Microsoft Azure need to be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I am a Team Lead of Information Security Control. We currently have 200 users working with Azure in our organization. 

How has it helped my organization?

Capacity planning has played an important part in working with Azure because it estimates all of the business goals and translates messages into the technology that is required to support.

What is most valuable?

The ability to create the actual resource on the private cloud is easy to manage with Microsoft Azure.

What needs improvement?

The response time and stability of Microsoft Azure need to be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for four years.

How are customer service and support?

The maintenance of this solution is done through Microsoft's partner, I would consider the service acceptable.

What about the implementation team?

The initial deployment was done by Microsoft. The integration experience was good. The deployment and configuration was easy.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend working with Azure as this is a easy tool to use. I would rate this solution an 8 out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

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

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1697340 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team leader Modern Workplace, Senior Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jan 6, 2022
Cloud based, always up-to-date, and is always evolving
Pros and Cons
  • "Microsoft Azure is built for scalability."
  • "I would like to see it more easily accessible."

What is our primary use case?

With Microsoft Azure, you can replace internal IT infrastructure platforms, and you can create new cloud-driven software developments.

Microsoft Azure is a large cloud computing platform. It's a large cloud service for Microsoft that is built on top of tens of thousands of services.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see it more easily accessible.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for two years.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is cloud software, and as such, it's not stable. Cloud software evolves quickly, but there are not a lot of new features.

The software is stable for the moment, but there is an ongoing development of the software that is creating several features. It is fine as it is.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is built for scalability. It's perfect.

We have 60 users in our company who use Microsoft Azure.

We plan, to increase the number of users. All of our colleagues will be working with the software in the future.

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

We use Teams for Virtual meetings.

How was the initial setup?

As a cloud solution, there is no installation.

What other advice do I have?

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

I would rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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