The new offering from Microsoft and Oracle aims to simplify the multi-cloud experience
Oracle and Microsoft have launched the Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure.
Under the partnership, Microsoft Azure customers can easily provision, access, and monitor enterprise-grade Oracle Database services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with a familiar experience. Users can migrate or build new applications on Azure and then connect to high-performance, high-availability managed Oracle Database services such as Autonomous Database running on OCI.
In 2019, Oracle and Microsoft partnered to deliver the Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure, where hundreds of organisations have used secure and private interconnections in 11 global regions.
“Microsoft and Oracle have a long history of working together to support the needs of our joint customers, and this partnership is an example of how we offer customer choice and flexibility as they digitally transform with cloud technology. Oracle’s decision to select Microsoft as its preferred partner deepens the relationship between our two companies and provides customers with the assurance of working with two industry leaders,” said Corey Sanders, Corporate Vice President for Industry and Global Expansion, Microsoft Cloud.
With this new offering, Microsoft and Oracle are extending this collaboration to simplify the multi-cloud experience with Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure.
Many joint customers, including some of the world’s largest corporations such as AT&T, Marriott International, Veritas and SGS, want to choose the best services across cloud providers to optimise performance, scalability, and the ability to accelerate their business modernisation efforts.
The Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure builds upon the core capabilities of the Oracle Interconnect for Azure and enables customers to more easily integrate workloads on Microsoft Azure with Oracle Database services on OCI. Customers are not charged for using the Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure or the underlying network interconnection, data egress, or data ingress between Azure and OCI. Customers will pay only for the other Azure or Oracle services they consume, such as Azure Synapse or Oracle Autonomous Database.
“There’s a well-known myth that you can’t run real applications across two clouds. We can dispel that myth by giving Oracle and Microsoft customers the ability to easily test and demonstrate the value of combining Oracle databases with Azure applications. There is no need for great skills on either of our platforms or complex configurations; anyone can use the Azure Portal to harness the power of our two clouds together,” said Clay Magouyrk, Executive Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
