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Microsoft Azure

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4.5
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

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
<50M USD, Media
FAVORABLE

“Comprehensive Cloud Services Offer Scalability But Pose Steep Learning Curve Challenges”

5.0
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.
Partnerships Manager.
<50M USD, Manufacturing
CRITICAL

“Microsoft Azure: an excellent choice for organizations”

3.0
Jan 30, 2025
Microsoft Azure is an excellent cloud platform, it is a highly reliable platform with high availability. I use Microsoft Azure to manage my virtual machine remotely from any location and for data storage management. Moreover, I can deploy applications easily and quickly and modify the resources according to my needs.

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

Key Insights

A Snapshot of What Matters - Based on Validated User Reviews

User Sentiment About Microsoft Azure
Reviewer Insights for: Microsoft Azure
Performance of Microsoft Azure Across Market Features

Microsoft Azure Likes & Dislikes

Like

First, it provides a wide range of cloud services, from hosting, storage, analytics to AI integrations. It can be used to easily scale resources up or down to meet changing demands, plus, it comes with near-always uptime and strong redundancy. Lastly, it works seamlessly with Windows Server, Active Directory, MS 365 and other Microsoft products.

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Like

A wide range of services such as virtual machines, databases, AI tools, services Microsoft Azure is constantly updated High availability

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Like

The interoperability with our tech stack, the availability of services, and the variety of different options available to customers.

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Dislike

Pricing can be very complex and confusing, making it hard to predict costs. The learning curve is quite steep for newcomers. The interface is also complex, with some features and settings buried or not intuitive. Lastly, deploying WordPress applications can also be very difficult / too complex than it needs to be.

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Dislike

Pricing complexity Requires employee training to effectively use the tool Requires a stable internet connection

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Dislike

Azure sometimes does not do an exceptional job at telling you the error and this requires some additional troubleshooting to get more details. Offerings are sometimes slow to arrive in Azure, but usually for good reasons (see this specifically to GenAI model availability). Integrations between some services are sometimes unusual to setup and don't follow the same cadence as integrating other services.

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Peer Discussions

What Your Peers Are Saying About Microsoft Azure

VP Hosting and Infrastructure Services
Anyone used Virtual Desktops in cloud? AWS or Azure? Whats your experience?
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

Showing data for 2200 ratings and reviews for Strategic Cloud Platform Services market. View all 2296 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.5

(2200 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
44%
4 Star
48%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    <50M USD
    Media
    Review Source

    Comprehensive Cloud Services Offer Scalability But Pose Steep Learning Curve Challenges

    5.0
    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.
  • IT Associate
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Azure Integrates Well With Business Needs But Faces Occasional Delays and Challenges

    4.0
    Dec 10, 2025
    Microsoft Azure has done well with integrating to our specific business use cases. While most things go well, Azure sometimes lags a little bit behind other providers; however, it is usually for a good reason as offerings are related with business and security needs first. Support from Microsoft is sometimes difficult; however, Azure support tends to be better than other support groups within Microsoft.
  • It Services Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Estabilidad y escalabilidad sobresalen, pero curva de aprendizaje puede ser desafiante

    5.0
    Jan 8, 2026
    Mi experiencia con Microsoft Azure ha sido positiva, me gusta la estabilidad y la escalabilidad que ofrece para manejar diferentes cargas de trabajo, La Integridad con otros servicios de Microsoft es muy conveniente y facilita la administración.
  • WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING MANAGER
    <50M USD
    Media
    Review Source

    Unified Cloud Services Benefit Hampered by Difficult Documentation and Role Management

    5.0
    Dec 16, 2025
    Microsoft Azure made my experience pretty good as its security is pretty good which provides me peace of mind and I can manage multiple servers and apps using one dashboard.
  • Chief Information Officer
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Managing Applications Is Simple But Costing Model Remains Difficult To Understand

    4.0
    Oct 21, 2025
    It is easy to use and configure different stuff. However, getting details like logs, costing can be tricky at times.
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