[shrumm]

One major differentiator for Azure is its 1st class support for Windows / Microsoft centric tech. Besides that, I find it hard to see why someone would pick them over AWS. So if consumer Windows becomes irrelevant, so does Windows server. If you’re no longer needing Windows server, why get SQL server and so on. I think consumer Windows demand fuels demand for Azure and Office 365.

[GordonS]

For one thing, the Azure portal is more consistent and so much better to work with than the clunky, rather antiquated AWS portal.

Azure has a huge and every-growing service offering, which includes things like Postgres, so it's not like you are bound to Microsoft tech if you use Azure.

I've been working with Azure for a few years now, and am very happy with it - in the main, I've found there support to be excellent too.

IMO the only area AWS really kicks Azure's arse is for compute - you get a lot more VM for your money with AWS. I really wish Azure would do better here.

[scarface74]

Amazon has as first class support as Windows as is feasible considering the bloat of Windows. Thier SDKs for .Net and extensions for Visual Studio are top notch.

They aren’t crazy enough to support lambda or Fargate for Windows.