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Microsoft Azure’s usage surpasses AWS for the first time in 2022
June 2022 by BanklessTimes
According to a BanklessTimes [1] data presentation, Microsoft’s Azure
has, for the first time in 2022, surpassed AWS. This comes after it had
held the second spot for more than 11 years.
The platform’s adoption rate increased significantly from 73 percent in
2021 to 77 percent. On the other hand, AWS experienced a drop in the
adoption rate. In 2021, it had an adoption rate of 77 percent, which
dropped to 76 percent in 2022.
Jonathan Merry, the BanklessTimes’s CEO, says, "More enterprises are
now turning to Microsoft Azure at the expense of AWS. For instance, many
on-premises workloads shifted to cloud-based solutions during the
COVID-19 pandemic. This, in turn, accelerated the popularity and growth
of Microsoft Azure, thus surpassing AWS in multiple key categories."
For how long will Microsoft azure stay at the top?
Our analysts had already predicted Azure surpassing AWS. So it was only
a matter of time and whether they (Azure) would be able to maintain that
status. Microsoft Azure has surpassed AWS in several categories, like
the defense department’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure
contract.
However, despite Azure being the most preferred option, the _Flexera
2022 State of the Cloud Report _says otherwise. AWS is still at the top
as the main cloud provider. It has 41 percent significant workloads for
SMBs compared to 31 percent on Azuri.
Also, AWS leads in terms of public cloud IaaS market [2] share. Of the
gross market share, AWS has 47 percent, while Microsoft Azure has only
14 percent.
That said, the increasing interest of enterprises provides Azure the
opportunity to maintain its edge over AWS. However, that won’t be easy.
Besides dominating the public cloud IaaS market, the latter also hosts
more significant workloads.
The public Cloud trends
Only 26 percent of enterprises confessed they rely on cloud-managed
service providers to manage their public cloud platforms. However, more
than 57 percent of them outsource their public Cloud assignments.
The analysis also shows that 89 percent of the enterprises prefer
multi-cloud configurations for their workloads. In addition, 96 percent
have at least one public Cloud indicating a preference for such
platforms.
