Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Arc

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /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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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

86 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.

+92 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?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Respectful
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Cloud Integration

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Capacity Management

Self Service Cloud Services

Configuration Validation

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Cloud Migration

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Logan F.

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

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Submitted Nov 2024

Intuitive!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

It is a beautiful and intuitive product

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Process improvement

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing comes to mind.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Get your developers involved immediately.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

dinesh M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jun 2024

High availability product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Best in terms of customisation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Lot of features and easy to adopt

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing specific

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely worth for the large environment

Pros

Unique Features
Caring
Over Delivered
Continually Improving Product

Mary W.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2026

Managing your data center like an Azure region

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Azure Arc is about functional parity across clouds and no longer just about visibility. It makes managing different computers easy by bringing them all into one dashboard. Unlike some cloud-first competitors, Arc relies on an agent-based model for servers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It essentially turns the Azure portal into a single command center for my entire infrastructure, regardless of where I live. It pushes updates to thousands of machines at once without having to switch between different management tools or learn new interfaces for each location. It is so comprehensive that no additional features are needed for a hybrid management experience.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is difficult to point out a true dislike because the platform is so effective at solving the problem. The system is so well designed for modern businesses.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To get the best results, it will help to plan the security rules before connecting hundreds of machines.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service

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What is Microsoft Azure Arc?

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Cloud Migration Migration of applications and workloads to cloud.

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

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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

Logan F.

Intuitive!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

dinesh M.

High availability product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mary W.

Managing your data center like an Azure region

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Integration

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Capacity Management

Self Service Cloud Services

Configuration Validation

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Cloud Migration

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization