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Microsoft Azure Cloud Services

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in Managed Hybrid Cloud Hosting, Asia/Pacific (Transitioning to Public Cloud Managed Services, Public Cloud Transformation Services)
4.1

Overview

Service Information on Microsoft Azure Cloud Services

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Microsoft Azure Cloud Services?

Microsoft Azure Cloud Services is a software platform that enables the development, deployment, and management of applications through a global network of data centers. The software provides solutions for computing, analytics, storage, and networking, supporting various programming languages, frameworks, and tools. With both infrastructure as a service and platform as a service capabilities, the software assists organizations in building scalable and reliable applications. It addresses business needs such as data storage, backup, disaster recovery, and application hosting, while offering integration with on-premises environments. The software also facilitates workload automation, security, and identity management as part of its core capabilities.

Microsoft Azure Cloud Services Pricing

Microsoft Azure Cloud Services software utilizes a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on resource consumption, including compute, storage, networking, and additional services. Customers may select from various pricing tiers, reserved capacity options, and specialized plans, which can be billed monthly. Pricing may vary depending on service type, usage, location, and configuration.

Overall experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services

MANAGER, IT SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
250M - 500M USD, Manufacturing
FAVORABLE

“Azure Cloud's Seamless Integration: Benefitting Active Directory Users”

4.0
Aug 2, 2024
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Analyst
1B - 3B USD, Retail
CRITICAL

“Service meets our requirements but things can get pricey.”

3.0
Apr 17, 2019
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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 Cloud Services Reviews and Ratings

4.1

(32 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
28%
4 Star
59%
3 Star
9%
2 Star
3%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • MANAGER, IT SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Azure Cloud's Seamless Integration: Benefitting Active Directory Users

    4.0
    Aug 2, 2024
    i am using Azure Cloud and it is very seamless integration with on-prem active directory users with Single Sign on
  • MANAGER, IT SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Azure Cloud's Seamless Integration: Benefitting Active Directory Users

    4.0
    Aug 2, 2024
    i am using Azure Cloud and it is very seamless integration with on-prem active directory users with Single Sign on
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Performance of Microsoft Azure Cloud Services Across Market Features

Microsoft Azure Cloud Services Likes & Dislikes

Like

Single sign on with active directory users and 365 email email users where you can maintain a single password for each login and maintain security compliance. Also we have disaster plan for BCP.

Like

Single sign on with active directory users and 365 email email users where you can maintain a single password for each login and maintain security compliance. Also we have disaster plan for BCP.

Like

Single sign on with active directory users and 365 email email users where you can maintain a single password for each login and maintain security compliance. Also we have disaster plan for BCP.

Dislike

There are options that are standard in other places that are an extra step or an extra cost with Azure. Turning off the machine from within the OS or command line interface does not deallocate resources. You have to deliberately press the stop button. Don't get me wrong I understand this improves speed and reliability; however, other cloud service providers give you the option to deallocate the resources when the machine is off and not in use. This issue leads to additional cost. Also, there are options and things you can do with powershell, azure CLI, etc., that you can not do from the GUI. An example being swapping OS disk. I could see the appeal of swapping disk via a scripted method, but let me do it from the GUI as well.

Dislike

There are options that are standard in other places that are an extra step or an extra cost with Azure. Turning off the machine from within the OS or command line interface does not deallocate resources. You have to deliberately press the stop button. Don't get me wrong I understand this improves speed and reliability; however, other cloud service providers give you the option to deallocate the resources when the machine is off and not in use. This issue leads to additional cost. Also, there are options and things you can do with powershell, azure CLI, etc., that you can not do from the GUI. An example being swapping OS disk. I could see the appeal of swapping disk via a scripted method, but let me do it from the GUI as well.

Dislike

There are options that are standard in other places that are an extra step or an extra cost with Azure. Turning off the machine from within the OS or command line interface does not deallocate resources. You have to deliberately press the stop button. Don't get me wrong I understand this improves speed and reliability; however, other cloud service providers give you the option to deallocate the resources when the machine is off and not in use. This issue leads to additional cost. Also, there are options and things you can do with powershell, azure CLI, etc., that you can not do from the GUI. An example being swapping OS disk. I could see the appeal of swapping disk via a scripted method, but let me do it from the GUI as well.

Reviewer Insights for: Microsoft Azure Cloud Services