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Microsoft Azure - The admin portal is great - Deploying to websites is just a simple push - I can programmatically spin up new SQL DB instances - I really l

by vyrotek 11y ago

Microsoft Azure - The admin portal is great - Deploying to websites is just a simple push - I can programmatically spin up new SQL DB instances - I really like C# - There are a LOT of additional services available - Microsoft is very aggressive about keeping prices low

slg 11y ago
I think Azure gets a bad reputation in this community from the old "Microsoft = bad" bias that a lot of us have. However, if you are in a Windows stack and/or a corporate developer (and that is a large but quiet percentage of developers) it really seems like the best solution. Also the variety of services they provide under one umbrella is neck and neck with Amazon for best in the industry.
- Gys 11y ago
  I wanted to try Azure a few weeks ago for a small project. But I found the UI to be confusing. Part old and part new ? Trying to match up with the current Windows look (which I am not familiar with) ? I also had trouble using one of their API's. Got even thrown out very quickly for abusing it. No idea why, just trying to access. Maybe MS does not like my coding style :-) Never had something like that before. Reference to possible explanation page did not work. Faq did not cover it. Still I got an automated email a few days later to congratulate me with using Azure, while actually I was locked out... But I have no commitment to Windows, so its easy to switch. I normally use DO and AWS and stick with them for now.
  - Avalaxy 11y ago
    If you really want to manage your Azure you'll have to go PowerShell anyway.
nailer 11y ago
I love the Azure command line tools, but the admin portal last time I tried (Christmas 2013/2014) was 500ing, 404ing, and every other code all the time. It never affected anything since we used the command line tools, but there was a bunch of UI errors that never should have made it into production.

by vyrotek 11y ago

slg 11y ago

I think Azure gets a bad reputation in this community from the old "Microsoft = bad" bias that a lot of us have. However, if you are in a Windows stack and/or a corporate developer (and that is a large but quiet percentage of developers) it really seems like the best solution. Also the variety of services they provide under one umbrella is neck and neck with Amazon for best in the industry.

Gys 11y ago
I wanted to try Azure a few weeks ago for a small project. But I found the UI to be confusing. Part old and part new ? Trying to match up with the current Windows look (which I am not familiar with) ? I also had trouble using one of their API's. Got even thrown out very quickly for abusing it. No idea why, just trying to access. Maybe MS does not like my coding style :-) Never had something like that before. Reference to possible explanation page did not work. Faq did not cover it. Still I got an automated email a few days later to congratulate me with using Azure, while actually I was locked out... But I have no commitment to Windows, so its easy to switch. I normally use DO and AWS and stick with them for now.
- Avalaxy 11y ago
  If you really want to manage your Azure you'll have to go PowerShell anyway.

nailer 11y ago

I love the Azure command line tools, but the admin portal last time I tried (Christmas 2013/2014) was 500ing, 404ing, and every other code all the time. It never affected anything since we used the command line tools, but there was a bunch of UI errors that never should have made it into production.