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reviewer1314534 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner and Senior Technical Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Real User
Feb 14, 2021
A secure, vast, and powerful platform that provides many possibilities and reduces the strain on internal IT
Pros and Cons
  • "It is so huge and so powerful. The best thing is the possibilities of things that you can actually do with it. If you do it right, you can work or host your stuff a lot cheaper than traditionally. Its security is good, and it also reduces the strain on internal IT."
  • "It is so huge and so powerful; the best thing is the possibilities of things that you can actually do with it, and if you do it right, you can work or host your stuff a lot cheaper than traditionally."
  • "I would like to see improved migration tools. It is improving week by week. They just need to make sure that they keep up with the new functionality provided in other clouds."
  • "I have not been overly impressed with stability in the last years."

What is most valuable?

It is so huge and so powerful. The best thing is the possibilities of things that you can actually do with it. If you do it right, you can work or host your stuff a lot cheaper than traditionally. 

Its security is good, and it also reduces the strain on internal IT.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see improved migration tools. It is improving week by week. They just need to make sure that they keep up with the new functionality provided in other clouds. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for nine years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have not been overly impressed with stability in the last years.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

By definition, it is scalable. Indirectly, one of our customers probably has more than 100,000 users.

How are customer service and support?

If you take the normal technical support, then it is okay. If you pay for premium technical support, then it is really good.

How was the initial setup?

Its initial setup is straightforward. You don't have to do anything. It is all done for you.

What other advice do I have?

I am a Microsoft partner, so I would, of course, recommend it. I would recommend Azure, then AWS, and then Google.

I would rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner
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it_user1389192 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Feb 8, 2021
It is stable, flexible, and easy to use, but it can be more secure
Pros and Cons
  • "It is easy to use and flexible."
  • "It is easy to use and flexible."
  • "It is pretty secure, but it can always be more secure."
  • "It is pretty secure, but it can always be more secure."

What is our primary use case?

We use it to create virtual machines for the key vaults and our processes. 

What is most valuable?

It is easy to use and flexible.

What needs improvement?

It is pretty secure, but it can always be more secure.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I don't know much about it, but I think it is scalable. We have 300 to 400 users of this solution. 

How are customer service and technical support?

I do not have any experience with their technical support.

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

I am not aware of any other solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. We plan to keep using it. 

I would rate Microsoft Azure a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Senior IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Top 10
Feb 7, 2021
Easy to use, good integration with Active Directory, and quick support
Pros and Cons
  • "The feature that we like best is integration with Active Directory."
  • "Overall, this is a good product. We definitely plan to continue using it in the future and I recommend it to others."
  • "It would be advantageous if the dashboard had more clarity, in terms of the visibility that it provides."
  • "It would be advantageous if the dashboard had more clarity, in terms of the visibility that it provides."

What is our primary use case?

We use Azure for storage, virtual machines, virtual networking, and our VPN.

We have the Microsoft Firewall set up, and we use Blob Storage.

There are many different features we use, based on different requirements.

What is most valuable?

The feature that we like best is integration with Active Directory.

Azure is easy to use.

What needs improvement?

It would be advantageous if the dashboard had more clarity, in terms of the visibility that it provides. The challenge that we are facing has to do with resources and the grouping of them. We have different services that we use and we cannot see all of them until we filter the resource group.

Having inbuilt security would be an improvement. As it is now, Microsoft has a sentinel as a security tool, where you need to integrate it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for more than three years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable product. We have between 50 and 100 people who are using it, and most of them are software developers.

How are customer service and technical support?

The support is very good, and they respond within an hour.

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

We use AWS as well as Azure.

How was the initial setup?

Normally, we log in and then we roll out the services for instances that we want, based on the requirements. It only takes a couple of minutes to deploy.

What about the implementation team?

We deploy this product ourselves and we have a DevOps engineer who takes care of the maintenance.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, this is a good product. We definitely plan to continue using it in the future and I recommend it to others.

I would rate this solution 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
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Works at CGI
Real User
Feb 4, 2021
Reduces work for our IT teams and saves us a lot of time
Pros and Cons
  • "Reduces work for our IT teams and saves us a lot of time."
  • "The solution reduces work for our IT teams, they don't have to keep things up to date, and we can concentrate on our mission, with help from Microsoft to migrate applications to the latest release and support efforts, which saves us a lot of time."
  • "Quite an expensive solution."
  • "The cost is a big issue, it can quickly go up if you don't control things."

What is our primary use case?

We are customers of Microsoft and I'm an IT architect.

What is most valuable?

The solution reduces work for our IT teams. They don't have to keep things up to date, and we can concentrate on our mission. The best feature for us is the help we get from Microsoft to migrate applications to the latest release and support efforts. It saves us a lot of time. 

What needs improvement?

The cost is a big issue, it can quickly go up if you don't control things. We've set up a system that shuts down machines regularly so we don't run up costs. Sometimes our development teams start up machines and forget to shut them down, and we see our costs go up quite rapidly with monthly surcharges. It would be helpful if Microsoft didn't change the control panels quite so often. It means we need to retrain personnel whenever things change and that seems to have an impact on our IT teams.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using this solution for nearly four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability is good and the solution is easy to maintain. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is really awesome. We don't have to worry about it at all, we're really impressed. Everyone in the company uses Azure. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Tech support is great. I find that we get answers quickly. It's just the first line of support that I criticize sometimes because it seems that whenever we open a ticket, they give us a run around with certain questions that basically we've answered. But as soon as we get into the next level of support, it's more advanced and questions are answered quite rapidly. Our tech guys know how to open a ticket and basically provide all the available information that they need. We sometimes have to get through that initial loop, and answer the same questions again and again, until they push us to another level of support.

How was the initial setup?

Four years ago the initial setup was quite complex but lately I find it's becoming increasingly easier, and the set up rules for securities are a lot simpler. These are things that are improving all the time. 

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

Licensing is on an annual basis. 

What other advice do I have?

If a company wants to concentrate more on their mission and less on supporting infrastructure, they should give Azure a go. I find that it saves us a lot of time.

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Team Lead Regional - Equipo Comercial de Soporte Técnico at SEGA
Real User
Feb 4, 2021
Straightforward navigation, fast and easy, and supports SaaS
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable aspect of Azure is the flexibility you have for all the services and solutions it offers, even if you use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS, you have the option to only pay for the services you use."
  • "The most valuable aspect of Azure is the flexibility you have for all the services and solutions it offers, even if you use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS, you have the option to only pay for the services you use – pay as you go, in a Cloud that is compliant with most regulations, using this advantage you have a lot of options and technologies you can adopt, and easily integrate into your infrastructure, to accelerate your Digital Transformation journey."
  • "Integrate as a service. A lot of Microsoft software licensing options aren’t yet in Azure. Also, the ability to integrate with other technologies, such as other options on the market based on RISC Technologies."
  • "Integrate as a service. A lot of Microsoft software licensing options aren’t yet in Azure. Also, the ability to integrate with other technologies, such as other options on the market based on RISC Technologies."

What is our primary use case?

We are a Microsoft Partner for Central America. The solution is in our portfolio, we provide managed services on Azure for our customers and we use it for our services infrastructure.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable aspect of Azure is the flexibility you have for all the services and solutions it offers, even if you use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS, you have the option to only pay for the services you use – “pay as you go”, in a Cloud that is compliant with most regulations, using this advantage you have a lot of options and technologies you can adopt, and easily integrate into your infrastructure, to accelerate your Digital Transformation journey.

We integrating Azure to build solutions that we offer to our customers.

What needs improvement?

Integrate as a service. A lot of Microsoft software licensing options aren’t yet in Azure. Also, the ability to integrate with other technologies, such as other options on the market based on RISC Technologies.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for 10 years.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Microsoft Azure an 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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reviewer1499406 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at a tech company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Feb 2, 2021
A reliable, stable, and scalable solution that meets our needs and is easy to implement and use
Pros and Cons
  • "There are many useful features. We use web apps, so instead of starting a web server, we just have machines running some web services. This was helpful for us in terms of the scalability of the application. We also use Active Directory for authentication and some services for the data backup. It is a very good and reliable solution. It was easy to implement this solution. It fits very well into our plans and covers our needs to provide infrastructure in the cloud. The portal to configure new resources is very easy, and it is very easy to allocate new resources."
  • "It is a very good and reliable solution."
  • "We would like it to be cheaper. As a customer, we always want to pay less."
  • "We would like it to be cheaper. As a customer, we always want to pay less."

What is our primary use case?

Our production system is on Microsoft Azure. We are using the latest version of this solution.

We have services for the data in the SQL Server database. We also have servers for our web-based applications. All transactions occur in this environment. We also have a mirror environment in Azure, which is a different cloud geographically. 

What is most valuable?

There are many useful features. We use web apps, so instead of starting a web server, we just have machines running some web services. This was helpful for us in terms of the scalability of the application. We also use Active Directory for authentication and some services for the data backup.

It is a very good and reliable solution. It was easy to implement this solution. It fits very well into our plans and covers our needs to provide infrastructure in the cloud. The portal to configure new resources is very easy, and it is very easy to allocate new resources.

What needs improvement?

We would like it to be cheaper. As a customer, we always want to pay less.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution since 2013.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In the past, they had some major outages, but it is a pretty stable platform.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very scalable. It is as easy as assigning more resources, but it also depends on the architecture. If you have web apps or microservices, it is easy to implement a kind of dynamic or elastic growth. When you have a lot of activities, Azure will automatically assign more resources, which is pretty convenient.

We have around 200 users in our company, but we also have a merchant network that uses our system. This network has about 1,000 users.

How are customer service and technical support?

We had to escalate one case with the Microsoft team because we lost the connection with a data store. We got a response back within an hour of the event, and it was normal. Their service is fine in this regard. You can also have a better support contract, but what we have is enough for our purposes and needs.

How was the initial setup?

It is pretty easy. You just have to follow the step-by-step guidelines. The deployment happens almost immediately. If you need to increase or upgrade a server or have a new server, you just go to the portal and create a new resource, such as a server or a disk. It is very fast. There is no waiting time at all.

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

Its price can be cheaper. Price is always an issue. We pay around $10,000 per month for all resources.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are launching a new platform for software as a service. We create our software, and for a new concept and architecture, we are comparing AWS with Azure. We are exploring AWS. It is a different stack, and we don't have much experience with it. So far, we don't have a lot of information about production on AWS because the product is not live yet. It will take a couple of months to be finished.

What other advice do I have?

It is a good solution. If you have any on-premise applications, you have to be very careful about the architecture. What you don't want to do is copy what you have in your data center and put it on the cloud because there are various alternatives once you are in the cloud. Therefore, I would recommend others to review the architecture and take advantage of the features that it provides.

I would rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten. We are happy with Microsoft and this solution.

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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reviewer1493898 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at a engineering company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jan 27, 2021
Easy to use with good scalability potential and good stability on offer
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is rather stable. We haven't had any issues with it in that sense."
  • "Overall, we've been quite happy with the product."
  • "It would be ideal if they could reduce costs a bit. Right now, we find the product to be expensive."
  • "It would be ideal if they could reduce costs a bit. Right now, we find the product to be expensive."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution to host the web server.

What is most valuable?

The product is very convenient for us. It ensures the website is set up right.

The solution can scale if you need it to. Expanding it is easy.

The product is rather stable. We haven't had any issues with it in that sense.

The solution is very easy to use.

What needs improvement?

I can't say that we have any complaints in terms of features or lack of capabilities within the product. Over the last two years, I'd say it's been so far so good.

It would be ideal if they could reduce costs a bit. Right now, we find the product to be expensive.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for around two years at this point. It hasn't been too long.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution so far has been reliable. We haven't had problems with stability over the last two years of use. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's been good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the solution is very good. If a company needs to expand it, they can do so rather easily. It shouldn't give them any trouble.

We don't currently have plans to increase the usage ourselves at this point. There's no scaling that will be done in the near future on our end.

How are customer service and technical support?

We've been in touch with technical support in the past. We had a question we needed them to answer and they were able to help us. I'd say they were knowledgeable and responsive and that we've been happy with the level of service so far.

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

The licensing is based on usage. I'm not sure of the exact costs involved as it's not an aspect of the solution that is my responsibility.

That said, it is my understanding that it is a bit expensive.

What other advice do I have?

We're just a customer. We aren't a reseller or consultant and we don't have a professional business relationship with Microsoft.

We only really use the solution to host a website, and therefore we don't really use the full scope of features right now.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations as it is rather easy to use.

Overall, we've been quite happy with the product. I'd rate it 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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Oswaldo Figueredo - PeerSpot reviewer
Platform Engineer and Infrastructure Management at Colciencias
Real User
Jan 11, 2021
A stable, scalable, and useful solution
Pros and Cons
  • "It is stable and scalable. It is useful for many applications and services, such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive."
  • "It is stable and scalable, and it is useful for many applications and services, such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive."
  • "They can add more documentation about the solution."
  • "They can add more documentation about the solution."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for various services and business applications. 

What is most valuable?

It is stable and scalable. It is useful for many applications and services, such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive.

What needs improvement?

They can add more documentation about the solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for two 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 around 100 people in the organization.

How are customer service and technical support?

Their technical support is good. There are no problems.

How was the initial setup?

It is easy to set up.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. It is a good solution.

I would rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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