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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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Diya R.
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Products used within Microsoft Azure: Azure App Service, Azure Virtual Machines
What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

I have been using Azure DevOps for the last 3 years and I found it amazing due to the variety of features it provides like automation of deployment, managing scrums etc. I am on the journey to use more resources on Microsoft Azure to enhance and automate my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

Everything is good with the azure. It is fulfill all your requirements for automation and data warehousing with a lot of inbuilt capabilities. The only suggestion that I would like to give is that they can improve their customer support service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Azure:

If you are looking for a complete cloud solution with ease of use and a user-friendly interface, go for azure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The most important work that Azure is doing is the automatic deployment of web applications and it saves a lot of time and effort. It provides support to a lot of external applications as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

lots of features, SAS, PAS

you can deploy VM's like SQl as a service

it easy to use for basic needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

some time a bit to complicate to configure network for VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

no more hyper-v serveur and cluster on premise. no more maintenance time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Azure Virtual Machines?

It gives you the flexibility of virtualization without buying and maintaining the physical hardware that runs it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Virtual Machines?

Azure users won't have offline access to the system in the event of the main system outage. No cloud service provider can really guarantee 100% security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It has enabled developers to test their work across multiple devices and operating systems without purchasing additional hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

I like that Microsoft Azure is very reliable. The way things are organized (from an Admin's perspective) makes my life much easier. I can change and view account information in seconds from login. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

There is a lot of redundancy in finding the locations. It makes things more accessible and harder to train new individuals sometimes. It is not a deal breaker for me. It just makes the interface feel a little clunky at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Microsoft Azure is solving our growing organization's need to manage an ever-evolving number of computers and employee accounts. By now using only one management platform, we can save time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

The best things related to usage of Microsoft Azure is that is thinked to be used also from non technical person. Is thinked to be No Code/ Low Code cloud platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

I don't think there is something that is not good. Surely the platform have to increase feature in number and give to users new tool No Code. In order to democratize the usage of IT tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The issue that Azure is thinking to solve is sure to give the user capability to delivery software product without need to consider infrastructure and other things that are managed directly from Azure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

The best thing about Microsoft Azure are

1. It is the most efficient, scalable, and affordable cloud platform for storing data.

2. It is straightforward to configure and deploy Virtual machines on Microsoft Azure.

3. It is very user-friendly. The interface makes it very easy to use.

4. The azure community and the documentation makes the platform easy to use. Also, Microsoft provides free coupons for Azure certifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

There is nothing much to dislike about Microsoft Azure. But surely Microsoft can try to make the Azure platform more affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Microsoft Azure provides an excellent cloud service for hosting applications, Virtual Machines and maintaining databases. Also, it offers excellent customer assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

The best thing I liked about Microsft Azure is that it allows us to use any framework, language or tool and one can also automate many repetitive tasks. Another thing is, with the DADSC approach gives a strong security profile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

As a Software Engineer that has been working with Azure for a year, the only con is it requires expert management and maintenance along with expertise and skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

While using azure the support for almost many languages has benefitted me most such as .NET, Java, Node.js and also office 365 allowing me to connect and integrate coding and administration duties into one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

It's backed by a popular company, so I'd feel comfortable putting my production services on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

It's quite pricey, especially compared to alternatives like Linode and Hetzner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Running production infrastructure inside of a cloud environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Utkarsh T.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Azure is a refined PAAS, SAAS application that makes our work on cloud more flexible and also provides us various tools at a single place that need to be used during a project development or reusability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

One disadvantage can be concluded that for more than 750 hours of time, there is a charge applicable that some users may not find friendly or easy to pay if they are just a newbie to the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It provides more than 200 products or services in one place that can benefit the users for scalability and on-the-go use of various frameworks and tools required in development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark B.
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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Powerful for cloud storage, Hypervisor, SSO, and used with Microsoft 365 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

So many settings and options it's hard to find things sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We provide cloud applications and running resources on-prem is costly. Azure is adaptible to your budget and provides plenty of resources for your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.