We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure and Virtustream xStream based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle and others in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)."The most valuable feature is the instant availability of resources."
"The technical support has been excellent."
"The solution is very flexible, it is not limited to Microsoft solutions. It integrates well with other solutions, such as Oracle. There are a lot of templates we are able to use allowing us to reduce the time for configuration."
"Technical support has been good over the years."
"Microsoft Azure has a large scope, it can do many things."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its ease of use."
"Active Directory is a good feature. The infrastructure features that Azure provides are also good."
"The solution is useful for handling large amounts of data."
"The solution has encryption which we did not have before."
"The support subscription models need improvement."
"I would like to see this solution support integration."
"Due to the pandemic, I haven't been able to utilize their full resources. This has made it complicated to scale up. I hope this will be resolved after the pandemic."
"The security must be improved."
"Some of the capabilities available in an on-premise SQL Server aren't available in Azure. For instance, we found Azure Managed Instance to be lacking in certain aspects. One of our clients decided to stay on-premise rather than migrate to Azure because of this reason."
"The solution could improve by simplifying network management."
"I'd like to see better integration with S/4HANA integrated and other services, like monitoring, for example."
"The solution's initial setup was a bit complex in the beginning."
"Our account representative was inexperienced, they could improve on how they are managing accounts."
Earn 20 points
Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 299 reviews while Virtustream xStream is ranked 20th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS). Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4, while Virtustream xStream is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Virtustream xStream writes "Improves efficiencies, has encryption, and great mission-critical customer support". Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP Cloud Platform, whereas Virtustream xStream is most compared with Amazon AWS.
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