Oracle and Microsoft are now offering Oracle Database@Azure to customers in Australia. With the services’ debut in the Microsoft Azure Australia East region, customers gain all the performance, scale, and workload availability advantages of Oracle Database on OCI with the security, flexibility, and best-in-class services of Azure. To meet rapidly growing global demand, Oracle and Microsoft continue to make Oracle Database@Azure available in more new regions across the world and add new services.

Oracle and Microsoft also announced new updates to the Oracle Database@Azure solution.

• Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service, a data protection solution for Oracle databases running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) that enables organizations to quickly recover business critical data within seconds of an outage or ransomware attack, is now available on Oracle Database@Azure.
• Now in preview, Oracle Database@Azure integration with Microsoft Sentinel, a cloud-native security information and event management system designed to identify and stop cyberthreats across your entire enterprise with intelligent security analytics.
• OCI GoldenGate, a data mesh platform that uses replication to keep data highly available for real-time analysis is planned to be available soon as a managed service on Oracle Database@Azure, with full feature parity to OCI GoldenGate.

Oracle Database@Azure brings these technologies, along with Oracle Exadata Database Service, including Oracle Database 23ai and Oracle Autonomous Database, running on OCI, into Azure datacentres.

Customer Momentum for Oracle Database@Azure in the Region

Customers have a choice to deploy their Azure services with their Oracle Database services all within the same physical datacentres, including support for Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Autonomous Database, both running Real Application Clusters on Oracle Exadata. Oracle and Microsoft’s joint support model provides rapid response and resolution for mission-critical workloads.

New Zealand’s largest company, Fonterra, is responsible for over one third of the world’s dairy exports. As an existing user of both Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Fonterra is one of the first customers for the Oracle Database@Azure service in the region.

“For Fonterra, multicloud is the present and the future. By leveraging this new solution from our two cloud partners, we can evolve our technology landscape faster and deliver a better solution to our business globally,” said Scott Pyles, chief technology officer, Fonterra.

Powerful Cloud Database Service Expands to Meet Global Demand

Oracle Database@Azure is now available in six Azure regions – Australia East, Canada Central, East US, France Central, Germany West Central, and UK South. To meet growing global demand, the service will soon be available in 15 more regions, including Brazil South, Central India, Central US, East US 2, Italy North, Japan East, North Europe, South Central US, Southeast Asia, Spain Central, Sweden Central, United Arab Emirates North, West Europe, West US 2, and West US 3.

“Leading organisations worldwide across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and more have shown strong interest in Oracle Database@Azure,” said Stephen Bovis, regional managing director, Oracle Australia and New Zealand. “This surge in demand highlights the global and local need for business agility and multicloud capabilities. A single, unified, and fully automated database optimised for all workloads and data formats is essential to achieving this. With the launch of Oracle Database@Azure in Australia, we are now bringing the benefits of AI and multicloud deployments to our mutual customers locally.”

“Expanding our collaboration with Oracle in Australia reinforces our shared commitment to delivering best-in-class solutions as well as our mutual dedication to helping local organizations streamline and advance the migration of workloads to the cloud,” said Sarah Carney, national chief technology officer, Microsoft ANZ. “Oracle Database@Azure will enable customers to use Oracle Database services running on OCI in Microsoft Azure datacentres and benefit from the latest innovations in AI.”

Simplified Cloud Purchasing and Management between Oracle Database and Azure Services

Customers can purchase Oracle Database@Azure as a completely new service or using their existing Azure commitments or discount programs. They can also leverage their existing Oracle license benefits such as Bring Your Own License (BYOL) and Oracle Support Rewards. Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Exadata Database Service, and Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service are available with custom quotes via private offer. Oracle Autonomous Database is now also available as pay-as-you-go, giving customers the flexibility to deploy a fully managed database in minutes.

With Oracle Database@Azure running on OCI in Azure datacenters, customers benefit from:

• The ability to build new cloud-native applications using OCI and Azure technologies, including the rich set of Azure development and AI services
• Flexible options to simplify and accelerate migrating their Oracle databases to the cloud, including compatibility with proven migration tools such as Oracle Zero-Downtime Migration
• The highest level of Oracle database performance, scale, and availability, along with feature and pricing parity with OCI
• The simplicity, security, and low latency to build integrated solutions with Autonomous Database and Azure services
• Consistency with on-premises deployments of Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata to reduce the need to rearchitect or refactor solutions
• Unified customer experience and support from Oracle and Microsoft
• Simplified purchasing and the ability to leverage Oracle and Microsoft licenses, commitments, and discount programs
• Validated Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Silver and Gold tiers for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure
• The assurance of a unified service and architecture that are tested and supported by two of the most trusted names in the cloud