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Pros
With still a big number of applications installed on prem in my company, MS Azure gives a great chance to move all of them to the cloud with an option to lower the infrastructure costs.
What I like most about Azure is its scalability and cost effectiveness.
Cons
However I do have a problem with Azures somewhat clunky and chaotic interface. I would prefer a more refined and easy to navigate interface.
Requires additional knowledge to know how to trouble shoot resources if they fail.
"Azure is the best cloud service provider there is. Very reliable and secure."
Overall: Overall Microsoft Azure has been excellent. Migrating from onsite solutions to Microsoft Azure had been the best decision my company has made. Azure has proven to be faster, more efficient and secure than our former onsite set up.
Pros: Azure totally bests onsite solutions when it comes to deployment speed and speed of scalability. This is what motivated my companies decision to move from onsite to cloud. The most powerful feature that has been a game changer for my company is Azure VM(Virtual Machines). My team and I were able to create our own customised virtual machines very easily and in a matter of minutes. All we had to do was define an operating system, language, workload and almost instantly we had our virtual machine up and running ready for use. A process that would have taken at least a week with on-site solutions was done in minutes. This has greatly improved my team's productivity as we now have the ability to switch between Linux/Windows on the same machine, with a different set of tools and apps. We can now experiment, develop, test and get feedback much faster than before. Also, with services like Azure Autoscale we are able to dynamically scale applications to meed changing demand based on certain metrics. My team forecasted that traffic was going to increase exponentially in the following week and we were able to easily add 5 more virtual machines to handle the load.
Cons: I don't have any complaints about Azure's functionality performance or reliability it has been excellent. However I do have a problem with Azures somewhat clunky and chaotic interface. I would prefer a more refined and easy to navigate interface. Also a clear and transparent pricing system is needed to enable us users determine how much a particular addition will cost instead of having to "guess" a little.
"Azure as the leading cloud computing solution."
Overall: My overall experience with Microsoft Azure is very high. It has a very big variety of features available. What's more, turning ideas into solutions can be quite easy when using Azure as it allows to build applications with the language you know best, including .NET, Java, and Node.js.
Pros: What I like most about Azure is its scalability and cost effectiveness. With still a big number of applications installed on prem in my company, MS Azure gives a great chance to move all of them to the cloud with an option to lower the infrastructure costs.
Cons: Although Azure allows to reduce capital expenses for IT infrastructure locally, there's still a need to invest in a team that will manage your data effectively. Azure does not help to manage cloud-based data center.