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: Pharmaceuticals
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best Contributor to Simplifying Data Extraction and Collection
Reviewed on 29/12/2024
Microsoft Azure enabled us to simplify data collection from forms and contracts and transfer it to...
Microsoft Azure enabled us to simplify data collection from forms and contracts and transfer it to all supporting applications with high efficiency.
Pros
I liked how Microsoft Azure recognizes all types of documents, I liked how it accurately transfers data from them and keeps it organized without errors. I liked the logs that include all the entries and document the original document and the data collected from it. I liked the efficiency of Microsoft Azure in integrating with any other application, to transfer data to it seamlessly.
Cons
Data extraction using Microsoft Azure is very fast, and I did not encounter any crashes.
- Industry: Business Supplies & Equipment
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
Avoid Azure unless you are an IT Technician, not for small businesses.
Reviewed on 31/10/2024
Bad, I couldn't get anything working due to errors constantly telling me I had missed weird items...
Bad, I couldn't get anything working due to errors constantly telling me I had missed weird items when setting up systems. When I tried to close the account that was just as hard. I needed CHATGPT to help me close as the help was no good.
Pros
I thought this would be a platform that a business owner could use to drive their small business but wrong was I.
Cons
The platform was so complicated, I was unable to use. Over time I found I was being charged for resources I had not started directly. Why we can't have a simple system for cloud computing that asks for disk, CPU and Memory plus O/S I don't understand. This is not user friendly unless you are from a technical background. I have been in IT over 20 years and was lost.
- Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Azure review
Reviewed on 21/10/2024
It is an essential business tool for flexibility. It is very reliable and provides a platform for...
It is an essential business tool for flexibility. It is very reliable and provides a platform for all requirements. It does suffer from complexity in terms of costings, security and which solution is optimal
Pros
Very comprehensive, can cater for prettt much everything
Cons
Cost complexity, far to difficult to understand and to research within the toolset provided.
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Already familiar with products. Less training would be requird- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
MEA best Cloud Service provider
Reviewed on 31/12/2024
Pros
Azure Cloud CLI
ARM Templates (ease for deploying resources
All in one solution
Excellent Learn site
Best coverage over MEA region
Cons
Pricing packages are expensive if you don't use Azure aligned resources. Postgres Databases cost more for hosting than Azure SQL which is strange since one is open source and the other licensed on prem.
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: USD 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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