Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Arc

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Arc?

Manage your applications and services in multi-cloud environments. Azure Arc helps you make the most of the cloud by providing tools to develop and operate cloud-native apps on any platform.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Arc won the following awards in the Cloud Management category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Product Impact

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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 Arc?

1% Negative

3% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Respectful
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Cloud Integration

Self Service Cloud Services

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Capacity Management

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Configuration Validation

Cloud Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Eduardo E.

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

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Submitted Oct 2024

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Ease to implement

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Good support

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for It,

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Alissa M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

The most powerful cloud management product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

The key feature that distinguishes it from other similar products is its unified management experience across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It facilitates the user to operate within or out of premises and even different cloud resources. This capability creates a difference because many other similar products are either limited or demand separate tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I have been using this tool for a long time and am satisfied with its advanced services. One of its standout features is to enable Azure services such as Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure App Services on-premises bringing legacy environments. For the business sector that demands hybrid cloud management with the main concern of governance, flexibility, and protection. It prioritizes the centralization of control irrespective of the source. It is a completely user friendly platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One of the main concerns of most of its users is its steep learning curve. It is normally faced by those who are not aware of its functioning before operating it. Those team members who lack a sufficient understanding of Azure-native tools. So for a better experience, one should take advantage of its trials.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is highly recommended for all sizes of enterprises, especially for businesses that are working in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. If the business is already working then Azure Arc can further boost productivity to keep the resources managed. Azure Arc enhances the substantial value by its integrating capabilities.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features

Madhu Yadav M.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Powerful hybrid management with Azure Arc

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Azure Arc stands out with unified management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, integration with Azure services, and advanced policy enforcement, offering seamless governance and control.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Microsoft Azure Arc is its **unified management capability**. It allows seamless control and integration of resources across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments from a single platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike the most about Microsoft Azure Arc is the **limited automatic resource scaling** capability. It lacks advanced scaling features found in some native cloud services, which can be crucial for dynamic workloads.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Evaluate Azure Arc if you need unified management across diverse environments. It excels in governance and integration but may fall short on automatic scaling. Ensure it fits your hybrid strategy.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Charges for Enhancements

Microsoft Azure Arc

What is Microsoft Azure Arc?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Arc?

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.

Self Service Cloud Services Self-service provisioning (infrastructure, middleware, application) automation, including a service catalog and policy-based life-cycle management capabilities

Cloud Analytics and Reporting The ability to track, report and vizualize cloud resource consumption to support life-cycle management, capacity planning, and (optionally) chargeback/showback

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

Orchestration and Workflow Management Orchestrating IT Processes such as Provisioning and RunBook Automation across on-prem and cloud workloads

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity Ability to scale horizontally to more instances when extra throughput or storage is required.

Cloud SLA Management Governance Collects, aggregates and manages data to ensure adherence to committed service levels.

Performance Monitoring Management Provide visibility into & control over the performance of servers/VMs, network, storage

Application Release Automation Continuously manage the release and maintenance of applications.

Configuration Validation Reviews resources within a cloud footprint to confirm required configurations and standards.

Cloud Migration Migration of applications and workloads to cloud.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Eduardo E.

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Alissa M.

The most powerful cloud management product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Madhu Yadav M.

Powerful hybrid management with Azure Arc

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

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Orchestration and Workflow Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Configuration Validation

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