# Microsoft Azure, Windows and the Microsoft stack

> Years as a certified .NET developer taught me enough: a black box that puts dollars ahead of transparency and developer experience. Only worth a mention if it's 10–100x better.

- Verdict: Never
- Vendor: Microsoft
- Layer: [Platforms](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/platforms.md)
- Last reviewed: 20 October 2026, by Nicolas Dao (Cloudless Labs, Sydney)
- Web page: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/microsoft-azure/. The whole stack in one file: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md

My bias, stated openly. macOS for work, Linux when needed, never Windows.

## Don't use it when

- Always, unless it's 10 to 100 times better than the alternative.

## Provisioning

Official Pulumi package · Official Terraform provider

## Use instead

AWS, with Cloudflare at the edge.

## Alternatives

- [AWS Lambda](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/aws-lambda/index.md): Cloud.

## Related

- [Platforms](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/platforms.md): every tool in this layer, with its verdict
- [The whole stack in one file](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md): every use case and tool, for questions that span many
- [Map of every Markdown file on cloudlesslabs.com, with what each one answers](https://ask.cloudlesslabs.com)