Name: Microsoft Azure
Rating: 4.5 (2371 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is Microsoft Azure?

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing software that offers a range of services including virtual machines, databases, networking, storage, artificial intelligence, and analytics. The software enables organizations to build, deploy, and manage applications across a global network of data centers. It allows users to scale resources as required and supports multiple operating systems and development frameworks. Azure provides tools for security, compliance, and disaster recovery to help address business continuity challenges. It is designed to support workloads from simple web hosting to complex data analysis, allowing businesses to optimize infrastructure management and operational efficiency.

Overall experience with Microsoft Azure

DEVELOPER FOR WEBMETHODS, MS POWERPLATFO

50M - 250M USD, IT Services

FAVORABLE

“A strong enterprise-ready platform for generative AI adoption, especially for existing Azure customers”

5.0

Mar 2, 2026

We started using Microsoft Azure several years ago for general cloud workloads and more recently began using it to support generative AI use cases. Our main focus has been experimenting with Azure OpenAI services and running AI-related workloads alongside existing applications. One advantage for us was that we didn't need to introduce a completely new platform; we could build on infrastructure and identity management we already had in Azure.

Forensic Analyst

<50M USD, IT Services

CRITICAL

“Granular User Controls Stand Out While Azure Pricing Remains a Concern”

3.0

Dec 24, 2025

My experience with Azure has been OK. It's simple to use at a basic level and allows a great deal of customization of roles for users and computers on the admin side. On the user sude, Azure servers and connected computers are very easy to remote into and use off-premises. Azure is expensive, though. I'd not recommend it for people with smaller wallets.

About Company

Company Description

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1975

Head office location

Redmond, Washington, United States

Number of employees

10000+

Annual Revenue

30B+ USD

Website

https://microsoft.com

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What I like most is how well generative AI services integrate with existing Azure components such as storage, networking, and security controls. We were able to connect AI services to existing applications without redesigning our architecture completely. Azure also provides enterprise-level controls around access management and compliance, which is important when working with AI models and sensitive data. The availability of managed services reduces the operational overhead compared to running AI infrastructure completely on your own.

When it comes to Microsoft Axure, I absolutely love the granular control that it has over virtually anything. MS Azure allows me to give many permissions to network users on a per0user or per-group basis. The control panel also allows me to provide specific controls for things like password policy and 2FA requirements. That's the most awesome thing I can think of.

- We have on-premises Active Directory servers and it works well with our hybrid deployment - Great security and identity capabilities which has seamless integrations with other services like Entra ID, Fabric, Intune, Enterprise apps etc. - You don't need to worry about compliance since it meets all compliance and regulatory requirements. It provides all the required documentation no matter if it's for datacenter validations, for GDPR and more

One challenge we experienced is cost transparency. AI workloads can scale quickly, and it's sometimes difficult to predict expenses during experimentation phases. Monitoring and optimization require active attention. Documentation and service options can also feel overwhelming, especially since Azure's AI offerings are evolving rapidly. It's not always obvious which service or architecture pattern is the right choice. In addition, regional availability and quota limitations occasionally slowed down our testing efforts.

I dislike the prices and the admin panel design. When I was using it a while back, I noticed that MS Azure had higher prices in a lot of areas than did the competition. I think they would take money from the competition if they just lowered prices a little bit.

- You need strong tagging in order to optimize cost and get a clear picture - Performance sometimes feels sluggish - Portal is also a bit overwhelming and goes down frequently

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Head of Product & Software Development

Azure. It’s a bit slow sometimes but it’s the future. We’re thinking about shifting every machine to the cloud in the next 1-2 years

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Microsoft Azure Reviews and Ratings

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50M-1B USD

IT Services

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A strong enterprise-ready platform for generative AI adoption, especially for existing Azure customers

Sr. Systems Administrator

Media

Microsoft Azure Offers Broad Services But Portal Stability Remains a Challenge

Mar 4, 2026

One of the great things we like about Microsoft Azure is that it has a consistent identity and access infrastructure whether it be Entra ID, RBAC, Conditional Access, everything works in sync. Another thing is simplified lifecycle operations, like for VM's it has native support for managed disks, backups, monitoring etc. Security is also great, you can have rule based NSGs at the subnet and NIC level. App services are good and offer multiple deployment slots, environment separations and rollbacks.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

<50M USD

Comprehensive Cloud Services Offer Scalability But Pose Steep Learning Curve Challenges

Nov 26, 2025

Largely positive experience. Offers an extensive range of services for computing, storage, networking and AI making it suitable for both small and large scale deployments. I appreciate the strong integration with other Microsoft products, the robust security features and extensive documentation. Pricing can be complex and their is a steep learning curve for beginners but ultimately, it is a reliable and scalable solution.

Software Development Manager

1B-10B USD

Finance (non-banking)

Effective for Security and Segmentation Yet Challenging During Initial Configuration

4.0

May 11, 2026

overall experience with the product is good. It provides better visibility and control over network traffic and helps improve security by restricting unnecessary communication between systems. The policy management and segmentation features are useful, especially for complex environments. Initial setup and configuration can take some time, but overall the product is effective and reliable for strengthening network security.

Senior It Manager

Services (non-Government)

Scalable and Powerful AI-ready cloud platform with strong performance but requires careful cost management

Mar 20, 2026

I was directly involved in the full lifecycle of adopting Microsoft Azure, from evaluation to implementation as part of transitioning to cloud based AI infrastructure. The platform enables rapid deployment and strong performance across Azure Gen AI services - like Azure OpenAI service, GPU-based VMs, AKS, and Azure AI Search service. This helps us to achieve a lot of automation within the organization to eliminate manual efforts put for analysis and business process mapping.