Microsoft Azure
About Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform designed to help organizations run virtual desktops and applications in the cloud. It offers businesses with built-in migration tools, which enables administrators to migrate remote desktop services (RDS) and Windows server desktops to various devices including smartphones, tablets and computers.
Supervisors can utilize the PowerShell framework to configure host pools, create application groups, and assign users to a relevant application group. Microsoft Azure lets IT teams virtualize and optimize Office 365 ProPlus to run in multi-user virtual scenarios. Administrators can use the built-in delegated access functionality to assign roles and capture diagnostic information for identifying and resolving system failures.
Microsoft offers a REST API, which lets businesses integrate the system with several third-party platforms such as Citrix, VMware, 10ZiG, Cloudhouse, and more. It also allows supervisors to collaborate with business associates by granting them access to edit changes on virtual desktops.
Key benefits of Microsoft Azure
Start for free and scale as you go
Get started for free and scale up as your traffic grows. Build with ASP.NET, PHP or Node.js and deploy in seconds with FTP, Git or TFS.
Infrastructure on your terms
Easily deploy and run Windows Server and Linux virtual machines. Migrate applications and infrastructure without changing existing code.
Turnkey backend solutions for your mobile app
Accelerate your connected client app development. Incorporate structured storage, user authentication and push notifications in minutes.
Enterprise-grade cloud platform
Create highly-available, infinitely scalable applications and services using a rich Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment. Support multi-tier scenarios, automated deployments and elastic scale.
Get actionable insights from your data
Take advantage of a fully compatible enterprise-ready Hadoop service. This PaaS offering provides easy management and integrates with Active Directory and System Center.
Ingest, Encode, Protect, Stream
Create, manage and distribute media in the cloud. This PaaS offering provides everything from encoding to content protection to streaming and analytics support.
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- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Run and Manage your Vmware workloads effortlessly
Reviewed on 26/09/2024
Pros
the free trial they offer for new users to test their services and get to know their quality and have an in-depth sight of the services they offer
Cons
needs to be expertly managed and maintained, expertise is a requirement
- Industry: Food Production
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Azure Is The Best Cloud Platform
Reviewed on 7/10/2024
Azure has been a fantastic tool that I will continue to use on a daily basis for my company. It's...
Azure has been a fantastic tool that I will continue to use on a daily basis for my company. It's the best platform for cloud infrastructure that I've worked with.
Pros
Expansive product covering almost every application that you could need to implement in the cloud.
Cons
Hard to get into Azure and learn the tools from zero knowledge.
Reasons for Switching to Microsoft Azure
Being a fully Microsoft shop, Azure made more sense for us to integrate licensing and features.- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Secure & Scalable Cloud platform
Reviewed on 8/02/2025
Good for enterprise projects. Beginners would find it complex. Also many medium and small sized...
Good for enterprise projects. Beginners would find it complex. Also many medium and small sized projects encounter budget issues.
Pros
Easy integration with MS products and security features are good.
Cons
Too complex, my team struggled in beginning when we faced any issue.
- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Use for hosting
Reviewed on 27/08/2024
We use Azure to host our clients databases.
We use Azure to host our clients databases.
Pros
I can access all my clients databases easily.
Cons
Sometimes can be slow and freezes up which is frustrating.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Excellent end-to-end cloud solutions that come at a cost
Reviewed on 16/01/2025
Pros
There is a wide variety of components, ranging from Infrastructure as a Sevice (IaaS) to Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). You can get a project or a pilot up and running in minutes, with everything you need, in a modular way. The services I find more useful (apart virtual machines) are Application Insights and Docker Image Registries, two components that tipically take a lot of effort to set up on premises.
Cons
Unfortunately if you have Azure bulk credits because you participate in some Microsoft programs, there is currently no way to set budget alerts or thresholds, so you must keep an eye on usage. Also, OpenAI costs are still high compared to competition.
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Amazon S3, AWS Management Console, Amazon EC2, Amazon CloudFront and Google CloudReasons for Switching to Microsoft Azure
We have a partnership program with Microsoft that provides us with azure credits yearly.Microsoft Azure FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Microsoft Azure.Q. What type of pricing plans does Microsoft Azure offer?
Microsoft Azure offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$31.39/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Contact Microsoft for detailed pricing information.
Q. Who are the typical users of Microsoft Azure?
Microsoft Azure has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Microsoft Azure support?
Microsoft Azure supports the following languages:
Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Q. Does Microsoft Azure support mobile devices?
Microsoft Azure supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Microsoft Azure integrate with?
Microsoft Azure integrates with the following applications:
Citrix Workspace, GitHub, Nerdio, Retrace by Netreo, Visual Studio Code
Q. What level of support does Microsoft Azure offer?
Microsoft Azure offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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