Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Migrate your business- and mission-critical workloads to Azure infrastructure and improve operational efficiency. Run SQL Server, SAP, Oracle® software and high-performance computing applications on Azure Virtual Machines. Choose your favorite Linux distribution or Windows Server.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2026 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2026

8 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

3% Negative

3% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Cloud Integration

Load Balancing

Encryption and Decryption Support

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Regulatory Compliance

Data Migration

Systems Performance Management

Multiple Region Support

Capacity Management

Hybrid Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Daniel U.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Azure VMs great for all cases

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Depends on what you are looking for. At the time Azure seemed like the best fit and now that we are all situated unless something crazy happens I do not foresee us moving.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ability to spin up a machine in minutes, along with upgrading old machines in the click of a button.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Wish there were more options and more powerful CPUs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do some beta testing in your environment and see if it fits your needs. It is more expensive then on prem but the abilities to continually upgrade and change equipment on the fly is a big add.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Ajinkya K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Great Virtual Desktop By Microsoft

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Ability to share single Virtual Desktop with multiple Users which in turn reduces total operating cost -Integration with Microsoft 365 Applications. We can have access to the entire suite of Microsoft 365 apps like Office, SharePoint, OneDrive etc.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Secure Authentication methods: We can authenticate ourselves using Microsoft Active directory and we can also enable Multifactor authentication for added security -Scalability

What do you dislike most about this product?

Stable & Fast Internet connection required for smooth operation: The Azure Virtual desktop can be very slow & laggy if we do not have a fast and stable internet connection and this can impact our productivity.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

You use this Virtual Desktop which is mind blowing and loaded with lots of feature.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rahul A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Reliable and Tested VMs on Azure

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Azure VMs are critical for any initial cloud migration, Azure VMs support multiple workload including GPU, Azure VMs also support bigdata, and ML related workload This is much more reliable offering than other...also way to optimize cost too with spot purchase etc

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Relibility and ease of use then cost optimized solutions for IaaS

What do you dislike most about this product?

Availability of different customize VMs SKUs

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go ahead and try azure VMs, it will not disappoint you in any way. This is one of first offering from azure so much more matured offering.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Multiple Region Support Customers can easily move their services into another one of our data centers for simplified and fast multi-region availability.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Hybrid Support Ability to support both cloud traditional IT, ability to move workload between clouds

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Daniel U.

Azure VMs great for all cases

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ajinkya K.

Great Virtual Desktop By Microsoft

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rahul A.

Reliable and Tested VMs on Azure

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Integration

Load Balancing

Encryption and Decryption Support

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Regulatory Compliance

Data Migration

Systems Performance Management

Multiple Region Support

Capacity Management

Hybrid Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support