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Azure Virtual Machines Overview

What is Azure Virtual Machines?

Azure Virtual Machines gives you the flexibility of virtualization for a wide range of computing solutions: development and testing, running applications, and extending your datacenter with support for Linux, Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, IBM, and SAP.

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Azure Virtual Machines gives you the flexibility of virtualization for a wide range of computing solutions: development and testing, running applications, and extending your datacenter with support for Linux, Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, IBM, and SAP.


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Divyansh T.
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Divyansh T.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Virtualized computer with flexible on-demand computing capacity"
The best thing about the Azure Virtual Machines is there's no need to purchase and manage the physical infrastructure and it can support various op...
Dishank R.
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Dishank R.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Azure Virtual machine deployment and cost optimization"
Easy to create and deploy Virtual machine cost optimization maintenance done by Azure. Easy to use. Quick creation and deployment of Virtu...
Carlos R.
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Carlos R.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Azure VM are very good as agents for Azure Pipelines, also some of them have nested virtualization"
Azure Virtual Machines are one of the few (and the only ones that I've found) to provide virtual machines with nested virtualization for x86. This ...
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Guganprasath K.
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Colud Operations /Build Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

Vm infrastructure which has vm's can be enabled with autoscale methodology which will be useful to increase the compute power of that vm sclae set . Which will be helpful in increase and decreasing the compute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Cost will be more when the compute is increased Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Virtual Machines solving and how is that benefiting you?

Compute unavailability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Liny S.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Azure cloud is a flexible and scalable cloud platform also it is a public platform. When comparing to other premium providers in this segment,Azure is giving the best and quality features for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

The platform is perfectly fitted for our organisation and for our needs,this is not creating issues so far and we are really very happy with the overall output from this platform although the documentation can be improved for a new user. And sometimes some regions doesn't have the all functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

The scalability feature is really helping us to gain more performances while running the organisation and the integration of other solutions is really helping for our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ARJIT S.
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Products used within Microsoft Azure: Azure Virtual Machines
What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Microsoft Azure is a one stop shop for IT industry which gives over-all solution to service platform i.e. infrastructure, platform and software as a service.

Azure is used for analytics, virtual processes, storage and networking. It helps middle caps and small businesses to access cloud space.

It gives any business the following advantages:

1) flexibility

2) open

3) economic

4) reliable

It helps businesses in-

1) backing up the data

2) hosting of app and website

3) easy distribution of data

It is easy for a beginner to learn from scratch and helps in implementing the services. It also helps in migrating the existing system to cloud with faster and productive manner.

I prefer Microsoft Azure among all the cloud computing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

It requires Management in applying for the services.

It requires expertise in performing some services.

Cost is the other constraints for small business.

Offline access is not there and dependency is quite high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloud computing helps my organization in following ways-

1) backing up the data

2) Recovery of data

3)Provides secure access

4) helps process to complete in less time

5) helps in managing all the process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shashi R.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Microsoft has the best user-friendly console there is. It has a very easily deployment procedure and almost all services can be easily understood by the document provided by Microsoft.The recovery HSR and ASR and very good services when you are dealing with SAP workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

The thing that I dislike about Microsoft is when deploying 3rd party applications if you want to deploy VM using a VHD file it's way too hard and Microsoft does not provide adequate support on those VM.

Also is some cases you cannot recover VM from Snapshot in case of third-party VHD files even if you have moved the disk from managed to unmanaged Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Azure:

Review documents provided by Microsoft in case you have doubts about the services. Always looks for an advisor for VM inputs, Lookout for planned activity from Microsoft so that you don't suffer any work disruption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main problem that azure is solving is cost reduction in comparison to on-prem infrastructure. The machines are scalable instantly and have the fastest customer support in my point of view.

They also have features like an advisor which can monitor and tell us if our VM is underutilized or overutilized so we can manage our workloads accordingly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dileep C.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Easy Monitoring with SaaS &PaaS is worth, it can be used for full-scaled operations according to time upgrades. It's reliable network stands out for thebackbone of this entire service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

Just need to improve the service and support side to the client where if they are seeking for help, we as a team should be able to resolve in timely manner, people consider as it has the back of Microsoft, try to improve those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

The cost of implementing services used for the CRM such as client interaction for the manufacturing and it's Monitoring purposes can easily be accessed, also the minimal cost gives the department to consider by nothing much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

convenient billing structure, including management groups and subscriptions, which provide very detailed explanations on an hourly or daily basis of what Azure services have been charged and how much you have been charged, which makes invoicing within the organization a walk in the park. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

The mandatory, modern authentication controls, such as conditional policy and Multi-factor authentication, can sometimes feel complicated to the end users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloud-based Identity and Access Management solution called Azure active directory is the next best thing to provide authentication and authorization for all objects (Service Principles and devices). In addition, the ability to extend arm the on-prem Active Directory makes your life a lot easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

One of the most popular cloud providers and it gives many services to users. Microsoft Azure has free tier services and a $200 credit for 1 month, which helps new users can learn and try the Azure platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

When comparing some of the other cloud services, I feel Microsoft Azure's cost is somewhat high. It is better to increase the free $200 credit duration to at least 2-3 months. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

I wanted to host my web application API on the cloud. Among other cloud providers, I used the Microsoft Azure app service to host my Node API. it was easy to work with Azure and there were many online documentation that helped me to do this task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

The complete suits of multiple technologies in a single platform helps customers select the best services. The Pay-As-You-Go model enables the customer to pay only for the services he uses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

Nothing specific, But Azure can improve its customer support capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Convenient and cost-effective infrastructure includes virtual machines, data storage, hosting applications, networking, identity solution (Azure AD), and many other solutions that help businesses stop worrying about upfront IT expenditures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kasun K.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Azure provides several cloud services that help build cutting edge, cloud-native business solutions for your needs. All of these services are accessible via an easy-to-use Portal or through CLI, PowerShell for automation and APIs and SDKs for application development. Backed by excellent documentation and learning materials coupled with an extensive and passionate community of technology enthusiasts to help you create the perfect business solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

As a technology enthusiast that has been working with the Azure Cloud for over 7 years, there has not been a single bad experience or frustration to talk about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Azure:

Use the free cloud credits available to your with their extensive free trial to experience the capabilities of the Azure cloud and see how it can make an impact on your business applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Microsoft Azure provides cloud services to cater to different needs when it comes to building cloud applications. From different ways to host your applications to integrating machine learning and artificial intelligence to your applications, Azure has made it super easy to add advanced technological capabilities to your applications quickly and cost-effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sunil A.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

1. One of the key points (some people might not agree) is how Azure allows us to distribute objects. We can create n number of resource groups and differentiate them based on the role/purpose of objects.

2. Insights provided for each service are pretty detailed

3. Cost of services, VMs, etc. are better compared to competitors

4. Vast knowledge bank Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

1. Again this is based on my experience - sometimes the support that is assigned to the ticket is not upto the mark. The escalation engineer does not possess the skillset to troubleshoot the issue.

2. Key drawback - we can't scale up the disk without detaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Well, here I would like to talk bout Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). No more headaches of a self-managed cluster. With a click, we get all servers and everything ready.

As master nodes are managed internally by Azure, we need to just manage worker/user pools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.