3854 Microsoft Azure Testimonials

"Microsoft is the stack we develop on, and we knew the Azure platform would integrate seamlessly with the tools we were already using. There was also a level of attractiveness around Azure being a true PaaS offering. As an inventory supply chain solutions company, database is extremely critical to us and that was probably the biggest deciding factor in choosing Azure."

"Azure is extremely significant and strategic for us. It’s the way we’re heading, not just in terms of data storage, but in delivering all our solutions and services."

“Plus, through the scaling provided by Azure, we could run on-demand big clusters to run complex experiments multiple times a day. As a result, we were able to better finetune our training pipelines. That meant better models, faster.”

"Our energy accounting time is down by 80 percent, and we can generate custom reports that are tailored to the audience who will be reading them. This not only improves communication, but it also makes our data analysis more credible."

"The savings [from moving to Azure SQL Data Warehouse] have been substantial. The snapshot/restore functionality of Amazon Redshift took hours to complete, which wasn’t conducive to an ad-hoc environment. As a result, we tended to leave our Amazon Redshift instance running more often and scale it up and down to try and limit expenses as much as possible."

"Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a fundamental part of our IT ecosystem. Cloud-based data solutions like Azure are going to be crucial for data-intensive companies like ours."

"When we learned about the pause and resume capabilities of SQL Data Warehouse and integrated services like Azure Machine Learning and Data Factory, we switched from Amazon Redshift, migrating over 7 TB of uncompressed data over a week for the simple reasons of saving money and enabling a more straightforward implementation for advanced analytics. To meet our business-intelligence requirements, we load data once or twice a month and then build reports for our customers. Not having the data-warehouse service running all the time is key for our business and our bottom line."

"In just the first few months of 2016, we expanded our Azure SQL Database deployments from about 5,500 to more than 12,000, and we’re currently adding about 1,000 databases per month."

"Our goal is to provide 100-percent automation of business-administration services for our customers."

"Our customers felt the change immediately. Before elastic pools, they occasionally had timeouts and other issues during burst periods. With Azure elastic pools, they can burst as needed and use the software without issues."

"Managing security is smoother with SQL Server. It interoperates with our existing Active Directory to control and maintain proper access. Overall, it reduces time and effort without us needing an additional solution."

"We’ve realized the dramatic performance improvements we saw in our proof of concept just by moving our Sybase data warehouse—which had three years of optimization—to a vanilla installation of SQL Server 2016 with Columnstore indexes. And we can keep our very granular data sets."

"With security now strengthened and our workflow so much tighter, this is a real boost for productivity."

"The cloud helps us focus on projects rather than operations. This saves money and makes us more efficient. It also reflects the objectives of the Bahrain Economic Vision 2030 which aims to ensure the public-sector is more productive and accountable."

"We’re always one step ahead and know what we need to do to keep everything running at optimal levels: even when we add new processes. We’re now proactive and not just reacting to events."