Microsoft Partnership
Assuring Microsoft Services
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Partnership Overview
Assuring Microsoft Services
Building on a long history of joint technology development, Microsoft and NETSCOUT continue to deliver value-added solutions to provide visibility, security, and service delivery assurance across a wide range of Microsoft applications and cloud services.
Digital transformations, cloud migration, SaaS and UCaaS adoption, and a hybrid workforce has made assuring quality end-user experience throughout distributed enterprises a priority. Now, more than ever, you need unparalleled visibility to solve performance and security issues that impact your employees and users as they use Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Azure as part of their enterprise service delivery.
Use Cases
Optimize Microsoft Cloud and Application Performance
Microsoft Azure
NETSCOUT provides actionable visibility to assure enterprises can take full advantage of Azure capabilities and services.
Microsoft Application Services
NETSCOUT delivers performance visibility of Microsoft application services, including Office 365 and Teams, to help optimize user experience and productivity.
Resources
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FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the NETSCOUT and Microsoft partnership focused on?
NETSCOUT works with Microsoft Azure to help organizations gain packet-level visibility, advanced analytics, service assurance, and cybersecurity insights across Azure and hybrid-cloud environments. NETSCOUT interoperates with Azure Virtual Network Test Access Point (VTAP) to acquire packet data efficiently. NETSCOUT uses deep packet inspection (DPI) to convert packet data into high-fidelity Smart Data, helping organizations improve application availability, understand performance trends, strengthen security operations, and support cloud transformation.
How does NETSCOUT interoperate with Microsoft Azure to deliver service performance visibility?
NETSCOUT offers packet acquisition in Azure either through Azure native VTAP or NETSCOUT nGenius Cloud vTAP. These packet acquisition methods capture packet data across Azure environments which is then converted into Smart Data to provide visibility into application performance, service dependencies, network activity, and user experience. This packet-level visibility and advanced analytics help operations teams monitor Azure and hybrid-cloud applications, investigate service issues, and maintain operational resilience.
Which NETSCOUT solutions support Azure visibility?
NETSCOUT solutions supporting Microsoft Azure visibility for observability and cybersecurity use cases including nGeniusONE®, vSTREAM®, Omnis® Cyber Intelligence, Omnis® CyberStream and nGenius® Cloud vTAP. nGenius Cloud vTAP provides packet acquisition in Azure, while NETSCOUT’s service assurance and cybersecurity solutions use packet-derived Smart Data and advanced analytics to support service performance monitoring, observability threat detection, and investigation across Azure and hybrid-cloud environments.
What business and operational benefits does NETSCOUT and Microsoft Azure interoperability provide?
NETSCOUT helps organizations maintain application performance, reliability, availability, and responsiveness across Microsoft Azure and hybrid-cloud environments. By transforming packet data into Smart Data, NETSCOUT provides actionable visibility that helps IT teams identify service performance issues, security threats, accelerate troubleshooting and remediation, support application deployments, and maintain business continuity. NETSCOUT’s packet-level visibility and analytics also provide shared insights across DevOps, SRE, network, and security teams, helping organizations manage operational risk throughout their Azure cloud journey.
