Enterprises are increasingly adopting cloud services to achieve growth, enhance customer experience, and improve efficiency. The shift in cloud investments has transitioned from digital enablement to a sharper focus on driving business growth and generating value. Enterprises are adopting multicloud and hybrid cloud strategies to maximize revenue-generating opportunities, opting for hyperscalers’ best-of-breed offerings to serve their business objectives.

Microsoft Azure’s expertise and tailored services play a vital role in helping enterprises extract maximum value from cloud-based applications, driving differentiation and growth. Azure competes strongly with AWS, attracting enterprises of all sectors and sizes. Its focus on innovation, strategic partnerships, and cutting-edge technologies, such as data engineering and generative AI, enhances its reputation as a reliable and forward-thinking cloud solution.

In this report, we examine the Microsoft Azure Cloud services market, including trends, demand drivers, and key enterprise concerns. Additionally, the report outlines the characteristics of engagements with Microsoft Azure Cloud services and explores enterprises’ primary demands and the key factors that enable them to fully leverage Microsoft Azure Cloud adoption.

Scope

• All industries and geographies
• The analysis is based on Everest Group’s annual RFI process, interactions with leading cloud service providers, client reference checks, enterprise interactions, and an ongoing analysis of the Microsoft Azure Cloud services market

Contents

In this report, we examine:

• The trends, demand drivers, and key enterprise concerns in the global Microsoft Azure Cloud services market
• Enterprises’ top demands on Microsoft Azure Cloud and success enablers
• Enterprise strategies to gain the most out of their Microsoft Azure Cloud adoption

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