The main area for improvement is AI-based features. Currently, many intelligent tools are coming from third parties, and Azure Network Watcher needs to improve in this area. The focus should be on getting better analytics and foundation models for proactive monitoring through AI models. While these capabilities exist, they are still in beta version. Azure Network Watcher should improve to match the capabilities that Google is targeting from an analytical point of view. Azure Network Watcher needs to improve foundation models in terms of AI-specific features and analytics, which are still evolving. This may take some time, but within one or two years, these improvements should reach a nine rating.
Program Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
Aug 12, 2025
The quality of Azure Network Watcher is quite good in terms of the in-depth analysis you can create from these matrices. There are other monitoring tools such as New Relic, AppDynamics, and Dynatrace which provide very detailed network tracing. Cloud providers such as Azure or AWS do not have that kind of GUI-based capability at this point, but using PowerShell or Python, you can develop it yourself. From the GUI perspective, it still needs to evolve in terms of quality and standard, though overall, it is quite good for troubleshooting. Regarding areas for improvement, when comparing to other network tools beyond Azure Monitor or Azure Network Watcher, those tools can identify single failed packets. This level of granularity is not currently possible with cloud providers as they only go to a certain level rather than the granular level needed for deep troubleshooting, though they do provide hints with available matrices.
Sr Devops Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 10, 2023
The solution could improve by limiting the need to clarify the logs. When the clarification is minimized, it is better for everyone involved. In a future release, it would be helpful to have a monitoring tool that can have a pictorial representation of all the logs. This way people can understand exactly what the issues are visually.
I would like to see in the future if we can troubleshoot as a firewall because it is equipment as a network player and some diagnostics. It would be even helpful if we can improve Azure Network Watcher to have some scope to identify missing rules.
Sr. Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 4, 2022
Azure Network Watcher could improve by having other built-in applications. For example, an application to log activities for in and outbound traffic. In a future release, the solution should have better firewall settings.
Cyber Security Consultant at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jul 21, 2022
The solution could use some additional components of the network culture, not only VMs. I'd like to see some additional security features because what they currently have concentrates only on the network. As we have SOC, we should also have NOC.
I don't find it that appealing. It's not the most friendly or straightforward to set up. For me, it's not that appealing that I want to go ahead and set it up each time. I don't see the value versus the way you have to set it up at first. The initial setup and deployment could be improved to be simplified. From my perspective, this is something that should be out of the box, available, and given. I don't see why there is a need to set it up. The experience should be there, the servers or the insights, they should be readily available out of the box, once you start setting up your environment on Azure. The setup is a huge part of what needs to be better, as well as the view, or the graph could be improved. Microsoft has the capability to enrich it and to make it look more granular. I would like to see a graph with simple diagrams and richer information.
Azure Network Watcher provides advanced network monitoring capabilities including packet capture, cloud-native firewall, and traffic diagnosis, aiding in VPN troubleshooting and security enforcement with enhanced visibility and alerting features.Azure Network Watcher is essential for monitoring, diagnosing, and analyzing network traffic. It efficiently handles VPN connection issues and enhances network security by capturing and analyzing traffic to assess performance or latency problems. The...
The main area for improvement is AI-based features. Currently, many intelligent tools are coming from third parties, and Azure Network Watcher needs to improve in this area. The focus should be on getting better analytics and foundation models for proactive monitoring through AI models. While these capabilities exist, they are still in beta version. Azure Network Watcher should improve to match the capabilities that Google is targeting from an analytical point of view. Azure Network Watcher needs to improve foundation models in terms of AI-specific features and analytics, which are still evolving. This may take some time, but within one or two years, these improvements should reach a nine rating.
The quality of Azure Network Watcher is quite good in terms of the in-depth analysis you can create from these matrices. There are other monitoring tools such as New Relic, AppDynamics, and Dynatrace which provide very detailed network tracing. Cloud providers such as Azure or AWS do not have that kind of GUI-based capability at this point, but using PowerShell or Python, you can develop it yourself. From the GUI perspective, it still needs to evolve in terms of quality and standard, though overall, it is quite good for troubleshooting. Regarding areas for improvement, when comparing to other network tools beyond Azure Monitor or Azure Network Watcher, those tools can identify single failed packets. This level of granularity is not currently possible with cloud providers as they only go to a certain level rather than the granular level needed for deep troubleshooting, though they do provide hints with available matrices.
User experience could be improved.
The initial setup and initial learning curve could be improved to be easier.
Azure Network Watcher needs to have better documentation and it needs to capture information accurately.
The solution could improve by limiting the need to clarify the logs. When the clarification is minimized, it is better for everyone involved. In a future release, it would be helpful to have a monitoring tool that can have a pictorial representation of all the logs. This way people can understand exactly what the issues are visually.
I would like to see in the future if we can troubleshoot as a firewall because it is equipment as a network player and some diagnostics. It would be even helpful if we can improve Azure Network Watcher to have some scope to identify missing rules.
Azure Network Watcher could improve by having other built-in applications. For example, an application to log activities for in and outbound traffic. In a future release, the solution should have better firewall settings.
The solution could use some additional components of the network culture, not only VMs. I'd like to see some additional security features because what they currently have concentrates only on the network. As we have SOC, we should also have NOC.
Azure is good, however, the Fortinet GUI is more intuitive and I like it more than anything else.
I don't find it that appealing. It's not the most friendly or straightforward to set up. For me, it's not that appealing that I want to go ahead and set it up each time. I don't see the value versus the way you have to set it up at first. The initial setup and deployment could be improved to be simplified. From my perspective, this is something that should be out of the box, available, and given. I don't see why there is a need to set it up. The experience should be there, the servers or the insights, they should be readily available out of the box, once you start setting up your environment on Azure. The setup is a huge part of what needs to be better, as well as the view, or the graph could be improved. Microsoft has the capability to enrich it and to make it look more granular. I would like to see a graph with simple diagrams and richer information.