[jordanbeiber]

I can only agree - Azure is a mess in a lot of ways when you try to automate it as an IaaS. They seem to have some sort of pattern issues in regards to UI and async API operations, and it bites you often enough to drive you crazy when automating.

I've had API calls fail because an Azure portal tab was open in my browser obviously locking or otherwise interfering with API operations until the I close, what looks like, a completely idle tab.

Also... dog slow provisioning compared to the "other two".