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Add to SafariWhen comparing Amazon Workspaces vs Microsoft Azure, the Slant community recommends Amazon Workspaces for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud hosted desktop services?” Amazon Workspaces is ranked 2nd while Microsoft Azure is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Amazon Workspaces is:
Amazon are a well established and stable company, meaning they're a safe choice to present to management.
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Pros
Pro Established Company
Amazon are a well established and stable company, meaning they're a safe choice to present to management.
Pro Supports running Windows Server
Most, if not all, of the major cloud PaaS providers offer a Linux variant to host your applications. Windows Azure, being a Microsoft product obviously, supports Windows in addition to Linux.
Pro Linux Instances
The Azure platform has been supporting Linux VMs for a while now and has Linux distributions readily available in the catalogue.
Pro Free Tier
Microsoft Azure offers a Free Tier option that allows you to spawn a BST-1 instance that has 750 free hours.
Cons
Con Limited to prescribed software packages
Con Expensive
Even though in the context of Pay-as-you-go services, it's cost effective, but monthly pricing for these services are quite higher than competitors.
