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Updated 13th October 2025
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<50M USD, SoftwareFAVORABLE
“Effective Extension of Azure Cloud Into On-Premises With Operational Complexity Challenges”
Positive overall experience, especially for hybrid cloud scenarios. It essentially brings the Azure experience into your own data center or edge locations, which is incredibly useful when you need low latency, strict data control or to run workloads locally. What stands out is how consistent it feels with the cloud. Same tools, same portal, same APIs, but running on hardware you own. That said, it is not a lightweight solution - it requires solid planning, infrastructure and Azure knowledge to get right.
It Manager
50M - 250M USD, TransportationCRITICAL
“The advantageous cost does not compensate for the shortcomings in administrative management”
Terrible experience on the hyperconverged part, the entire management part for administrators is missing
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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.
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Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
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Effective Extension of Azure Cloud Into On-Premises With Operational Complexity Challenges
Positive overall experience, especially for hybrid cloud scenarios. It essentially brings the Azure experience into your own data center or edge locations, which is incredibly useful when you need low latency, strict data control or to run workloads locally. What stands out is how consistent it feels with the cloud. Same tools, same portal, same APIs, but running on hardware you own. That said, it is not a lightweight solution - it requires solid planning, infrastructure and Azure knowledge to get right. - It Associate<50M USDReal EstateReview Source
Azure Local Centralizes Management but Presents Learning Curve and Troubleshooting Issues
My experience with Azure local has been generally good. This is useful for managing resources locally while still having integration with Azure services. Setup can take some time at the beginning, esp. If you're new to it. But once everything is configured, it runs reliably. It's been helpful for our day to day operations, esp. in managing users and services. - IT Associate50M-1B USDHealthcare and BiotechReview Source
Balancing On-Premises Flexibility and Cloud Integration With Azure Local
Azure Local is a nice alternative for staff looking for a hybrid cloud solution, preferring to leverage existing hardware and resources wherever possible, with the opportunity to offload other resources right to the cloud. - Falcon AnalystGov't/PS/EdEducationReview Source
Security Features and AI Handling Stand Out Despite Storage and Upgrade Issues
The virtual desktop and Kubernetes services allow for low latency, high performance, and have been a welcome change from our previous implementations. - It Manager50M-1B USDFinance (non-banking)Review Source
Azure Eases Transition for Existing Users Despite Outdated Interface Challenges
We wanted to go with Azure since we wanted some Windows servers. Azure offered the best specs for Windows servers compared to others. Client also had an existing Azure account which made the deployment and configuration seamless.
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