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Microsoft Azure

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4.6
Market Presence: Strategic Cloud Platform Services, Network Security Microsegmentation

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Azure

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.

Microsoft Azure Pricing

Microsoft Azure software uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model, where charges are based on usage of resources such as computing, storage, networking, and other services. The software also offers reserved instance pricing options for certain resources, enabling cost predictability over a fixed term. There are free tier options for eligible usage, and additional enterprise agreements for organizations seeking customized pricing and billing structures.

Overall experience with Microsoft Azure

SYSADMIN
500M - 1B USD, Miscellaneous
FAVORABLE

“Granular security controls are intuitive, though alignment takes effort upfront”

5.0
Aug 4, 2026
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MANAGER, TEST ENGINEERING
50M - 250M USD, Services (non-Government)
CRITICAL

“Good support, but service is unreliable at times”

3.0
Nov 10, 2025
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Key Insights

A Snapshot of What Matters - Based on Validated User Reviews

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About Company

Company Description

Updated 11th August 2023

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

Updated 25th March 2024
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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Microsoft Azure Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(85 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
56%
4 Star
41%
3 Star
2%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • SYSADMIN
    50M-1B USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Granular security controls are intuitive, though alignment takes effort upfront

    5.0
    Aug 4, 2026
    Overall, our journey with Microsoft Azure over the past five years has been very positive. What has worked really well for us is is how naturally Azure handles multi environment deployment. We operate across a mixed hybrid footprint, and the interoperability between our on-prem infrastructure and cloud resources feels genuinely smooth compared to other platforms.
  • SYSADMIN
    50M-1B USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Granular security controls are intuitive, though alignment takes effort upfront

    5.0
    Aug 4, 2026
    Overall, our journey with Microsoft Azure over the past five years has been very positive. What has worked really well for us is is how naturally Azure handles multi environment deployment. We operate across a mixed hybrid footprint, and the interoperability between our on-prem infrastructure and cloud resources feels genuinely smooth compared to other platforms.
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User Sentiment About Microsoft Azure
Reviewer Insights for: Microsoft Azure
Deciding Factors: Microsoft Azure Vs. Market Average
Performance of Microsoft Azure Across Market Features

Microsoft Azure Likes & Dislikes

Like

Seamless interoperability and multi environment deployment. The ease of connecting and managing workloads across hybrid setups is a huge win. For instance, setting up an on-premises data gateway for Power BI to securely bridge our legacy on-prem databases with cloud reporting -alongside Azure Arc- just works seamlessly without needing endless custom network wrappers or firewall headaches. Granular policy enforcement and workload isolation: We use Azure Policy combined with Management Groups to enforce security guardrails automatically across dev and pro teams. Plus, configuring VNet peering and NSGs for strict workload isolation turned out to be much more intuitive than expected.

Like

Seamless interoperability and multi environment deployment. The ease of connecting and managing workloads across hybrid setups is a huge win. For instance, setting up an on-premises data gateway for Power BI to securely bridge our legacy on-prem databases with cloud reporting -alongside Azure Arc- just works seamlessly without needing endless custom network wrappers or firewall headaches. Granular policy enforcement and workload isolation: We use Azure Policy combined with Management Groups to enforce security guardrails automatically across dev and pro teams. Plus, configuring VNet peering and NSGs for strict workload isolation turned out to be much more intuitive than expected.

Like

Seamless interoperability and multi environment deployment. The ease of connecting and managing workloads across hybrid setups is a huge win. For instance, setting up an on-premises data gateway for Power BI to securely bridge our legacy on-prem databases with cloud reporting -alongside Azure Arc- just works seamlessly without needing endless custom network wrappers or firewall headaches. Granular policy enforcement and workload isolation: We use Azure Policy combined with Management Groups to enforce security guardrails automatically across dev and pro teams. Plus, configuring VNet peering and NSGs for strict workload isolation turned out to be much more intuitive than expected.

Dislike

Lately, lots of outages in key services like FrontDoor. Support has been slow to respond and to update the status page.

Dislike

Lately, lots of outages in key services like FrontDoor. Support has been slow to respond and to update the status page.

Dislike

Lately, lots of outages in key services like FrontDoor. Support has been slow to respond and to update the status page.