{"id":64937,"date":"2025-10-22T10:54:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/?p=64937"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:57:13","slug":"oracle-databaseazure-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/oracle-databaseazure-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Database@Azure available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Effective<strong> October 14, 2025, <\/strong>Oracle and Microsoft have announced significant updates to <strong>Oracle Database@Azure<\/strong>, a service that lets customers run Oracle databases on Microsoft Azure. As of this date, Oracle Database@Azure is available in <strong>28 Azure regions<\/strong> worldwide. It delivers new integration capabilities for data and security \u2013 including ways to unify data with Microsoft Fabric and deeper security integration with Microsoft Defender. The service supports the latest Oracle Database versions (19c and 23c) and runs on <strong>Oracle\u2019s high-performance Exadata<\/strong> infrastructure within Azure data centers. This means enterprises can deploy Oracle databases in Azure with the same performance and reliability they expect on-premises, but with Azure\u2019s global reach and services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"797\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-1.png 583w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-1-500x217.png 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-1-150x65.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is Oracle Database@Azure<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oracle Database@Azure is a <strong>jointly developed cloud service by Oracle and Microsoft<\/strong>. It brings Oracle\u2019s managed database services into Microsoft Azure data centers. In practical terms, this service runs on <strong>Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)<\/strong> hardware (like Oracle Exadata database servers) that is <strong>co-located in Azure<\/strong>. This architecture provides Oracle\u2019s renowned database performance <strong>inside Azure<\/strong>, offering low-latency connectivity between Azure-based applications and Oracle databases.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-64937-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-Overview-mp4-image.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-Overview.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-Overview.mp4\">https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-Overview.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With Oracle Database@Azure, Azure customers can <strong>procure and manage Oracle databases natively through the Azure portal and APIs<\/strong>. Oracle builds and manages the database infrastructure, but you operate it as an Azure service. Billing is integrated into Azure (a single Azure invoice covers the Oracle service), and customers get a seamless support experience for both Oracle and Microsoft as needed. In summary, Oracle Database@Azure provides an \u201cOCI-in-Azure\u201d experience: you get Oracle\u2019s enterprise database technology with Azure\u2019s convenience and global infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-2-150x54.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Broad Global Availability:<\/strong> Oracle Database@Azure is available in over <strong>28 Azure regions<\/strong> across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, with plans to reach 33 regions by end of 2025. This wide regional footprint allows organizations to deploy databases close to their users and applications, reducing latency and meeting data residency requirements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High Performance Infrastructure:<\/strong> The service runs on <strong>Oracle Exadata<\/strong> hardware inside Azure, Oracle\u2019s flagship high-performance database platform. This gives you <strong>on-premises-level performance and low latency<\/strong> for your Oracle workloads in the cloud. Mission-critical applications can be lifted to Azure without sacrificing speed or throughput, since the database is running on optimized Oracle equipment directly in Azure data centers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choice of Oracle Database Services:<\/strong> Oracle Database@Azure supports a range of Oracle database offerings. Customers can choose from <strong>Oracle Base Database Service<\/strong>, <strong>Oracle Exadata Database Service<\/strong> (on dedicated or Exadata Exascale infrastructure), or <strong>Oracle Autonomous Database<\/strong> (a self-driving database), depending on their needs. Both Oracle Database <strong>19c<\/strong> and <strong>23c<\/strong> (the latest long-term release) are supported, ensuring compatibility with modern Oracle database features. This flexibility means you can run anything from a single-instance database to a full Exadata cluster or autonomous database in Azure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seamless Data Integration:<\/strong> New features enable real-time data integration with Azure analytics services. For example, Oracle Database@Azure can <strong>mirror data directly into Microsoft Fabric\u2019s OneLake<\/strong> data lake in real time, with zero-ETL (no extract-transform-load processes needed). There is also native support for <strong>Oracle GoldenGate<\/strong>, Oracle\u2019s high-performance data replication tool, to continuously replicate database changes with low latency. These capabilities let you unify your Oracle data with Azure\u2019s analytics and AI tools (like Power BI and Azure AI services) more easily, enabling an <strong>AI-ready data estate<\/strong> across both Oracle and Azure environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-3.png 624w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-3-500x184.png 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/10\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-10-22-Update-Oracle-Database@Azure-available-3-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Enhanced Security Integration:<\/strong> Oracle Database@Azure integrates with Azure\u2019s security and identity services for enterprise-grade protection. <strong>Microsoft Defender<\/strong> for cloud now supports Oracle Database@Azure, providing threat detection, vulnerability scanning, and compliance monitoring for your Oracle databases. It works alongside <strong>Microsoft Sentinel<\/strong> (Azure\u2019s SIEM \u2013 Security Information Event Management system) for real-time security monitoring, and <strong>Azure Entra ID<\/strong> (Azure\u2019s identity and access management, formerly Azure AD) for unified identity control. This means Oracle databases in Azure can be secured and monitored with the same tools that protect the rest of your Azure environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unified Management with Azure Arc:<\/strong> Azure Arc support is now extended to Oracle Database@Azure. <strong>Azure Arc<\/strong> allows you to manage on-premises or multi-cloud resources through the Azure control plane. With Oracle Database@Azure under Azure Arc, you can enforce policies, automate backups and patches, and oversee your Oracle databases in Azure alongside other resources, all from a single pane of glass. This unified management simplifies operations and governance across hybrid environments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certified for Oracle Applications:<\/strong> Oracle has confirmed support for running its major enterprise applications on Azure when using Oracle Database@Azure. This includes apps like <strong>Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)<\/strong>, <strong>PeopleSoft<\/strong>, <strong>JD Edwards EnterpriseOne<\/strong>, Oracle <strong>Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)<\/strong>, and Oracle Retail applications. In other words, if you migrate an Oracle application stack to Azure and use Oracle Database@Azure as the database, Oracle will fully support that configuration. This assurance removes a key barrier for enterprises looking to move Oracle-dependent systems to the cloud.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High Availability and Disaster Recovery:<\/strong> The service offers Oracle\u2019s <strong>Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA)<\/strong> features \u2014 up to the highest <strong>Platinum tier<\/strong> \u2014 exclusively on Azure. MAA is Oracle\u2019s best-practice blueprint for fault tolerance, data protection, and disaster recovery. With Platinum-tier MAA, businesses get the highest level of availability, including capabilities like zero-data-loss replication and fast failover for their Oracle databases. This means even mission-critical workloads can achieve extreme uptime and resilience on Azure, comparable to the reliability of Oracle\u2019s on-premises reference architectures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Licensing<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11469 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2019\/06\/Microsoft-and-Oracle-150x50.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2019\/06\/Microsoft-and-Oracle-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2019\/06\/Microsoft-and-Oracle-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2019\/06\/Microsoft-and-Oracle.png 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Oracle Database@Azure is consumed through the <strong>Microsoft Azure Marketplace<\/strong>, making procurement and billing straightforward. You will see Oracle Database@Azure charges on your Azure bill (no separate Oracle invoice). In terms of licensing models, customers have flexibility: you can <strong>bring your own Oracle Database licenses<\/strong> (BYOL), including existing enterprise agreements like Unlimited License Agreements (ULAs), <strong>or<\/strong> choose a <strong>license-included<\/strong> option (pay-as-you-go through Azure). This means if your organization already owns Oracle database licenses, you can apply them to Oracle Database@Azure; otherwise, you can pay for licenses as part of the service subscription.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Importantly, usage of Oracle Database@Azure counts toward your committed Azure spend. Any consumption of this service will <strong>apply against your Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC)<\/strong>, helping you maximize your Azure spending agreements. Additionally, Oracle honors its <strong>Oracle Support Rewards<\/strong> program for this service. (Oracle Support Rewards allow Oracle license holders to earn credits that reduce Oracle Support costs when they use Oracle Cloud services \u2013 in this case, using Oracle Database@Azure can earn such rewards.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We<\/strong> at <strong>SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT<\/strong> have deep expertise in both Microsoft and Oracle licensing. We can advise you on how to optimize your licensing strategy for Oracle Database@Azure \u2013 whether to leverage BYOL or Azure\u2019s pay-as-you-go model \u2013 and ensure you remain compliant with all requirements. Our goal is to help you make the most cost-effective and efficient use of this multicloud solution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-56613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-035-scaled-1-800x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-035-scaled-1-800x343.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-035-scaled-1-500x214.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-035-scaled-1-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-035-scaled-1-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-035-scaled-1-1536x658.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/03\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-10-15-Graphics-Office-People-035-scaled-1-2048x878.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more details, please refer to the official Microsoft Azure announcement: <em>\u201cOracle Database@Azure offers new features, regions, and programs to unlock data and AI innovation\u201d<\/em> (October 2025) \u2013 available on the Microsoft Azure Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/oracle-databaseazure-offers-new-features-regions-and-programs-to-unlock-data-and-ai-innovation\/\"><strong>https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/oracle-databaseazure-offers-new-features-regions-and-programs-to-unlock-data-and-ai-innovation\/<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This source provides the full description of the latest Oracle Database@Azure capabilities and updates from Microsoft\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For our <strong>Microsoft page<\/strong>, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/software\/microsoft\/\">https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/software\/microsoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For our <strong>Oracle page<\/strong>, please visit: <a href=\"\/?page_id=3111\">https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/software\/oracle\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> for <strong>expert services<\/strong> on your specific Microsoft and Oracle software and online services requirements and to <strong>request a quote today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective October 14, 2025, Oracle and Microsoft have announced significant updates to Oracle Database@Azure, a service that lets customers run Oracle databases on Microsoft Azure. 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