Microsoft and Oracle announce partnership to deliver Oracle Database@Azure

Oracle Corp and Microsoft Corp have announced Oracle Database@Azure, which gives customers direct access to Oracle database services running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and deployed in Microsoft Azure datacenters. This combination will provide customers with more flexibility regarding where they run their workloads, while also providing a streamlined environment that simplifies cloud purchasing and management between Oracle Database and Azure services. 

With the introduction of Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle and Microsoft are helping customers accelerate their migration to the cloud, so they can modernize their IT environments and take advantage of Azure’s infrastructure, tooling, and services. Customers will benefit from: 

More options to move their Oracle databases to the cloud - 

• The highest level of Oracle database performance, scale, and availability, as well as feature and pricing parity; 
• The simplicity, security, and latency of a single operating environment (datacenter) within Azure; 
• The ability to build new cloud native applications using OCI and Azure technologies, including Azure’s best-in-class AI services; 
• The assurance of an architecture that is tested and supported by two of the most trusted names in the cloud. 

“We have a real opportunity to help organizations bring their mission-critical applications to the cloud so they can transform every part of their business with this next generation of AI,” said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. “Our expanded partnership with Oracle will make Microsoft Azure the only other cloud provider to run Oracle’s database services and help our customers unlock a new wave of cloud-powered innovation.” 

“Most customers already use multiple clouds,” said Larry Ellison, Oracle Chairman and CTO. “Microsoft and Oracle have been working together to make it easy for those customers to seamlessly connect Azure Services with the very latest Oracle Database technology. By collocating Oracle Exadata hardware in Azure datacenters, customers will experience the best possible database and network performance. We are proud to partner with Microsoft to deliver this best-in-class capability to customers.”