Oracle partners with Microsoft to give Azure customers
direct, streamlined access to Oracle databases on Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure
AUSTIN,
Texas and REDMOND, Wash., July 20,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corp and Microsoft Corp
today announced the general availability of Oracle Database Service
for Microsoft Azure. With this new offering, Microsoft Azure
customers can easily provision, access, and monitor
enterprise-grade Oracle Database services in Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure (OCI) with a familiar experience. Users can migrate
or build new applications on Azure and then connect to
high-performance and high-availability managed Oracle Database
services such as Autonomous Database running on OCI.
Offering Customers Choice with Azure and OCI Multicloud
Capabilities
Over the last two decades, thousands of customers have relied on
Microsoft and Oracle software working well together to run their
business-critical applications. As customers migrate applications
and data to the cloud, they continue to look for joint solutions
from their trusted software partners. Since 2019, when Oracle and
Microsoft partnered to deliver the Oracle Interconnect for
Microsoft Azure, hundreds of organizations have used the secure and
private interconnections in 11 global regions.
Microsoft and Oracle are extending this collaboration to further
simplify the multicloud 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 optimize performance, scalability, and
the ability to accelerate their business modernization 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. There are no charges for
using the Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, the Oracle
Interconnect for Microsoft Azure or data egress or ingress when
moving data between OCI and Azure. Customers will pay only for the
other Azure or Oracle services they consume, such as Azure Synapse
or Oracle Autonomous Database.
"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,
Microsoft Cloud for Industry and Global Expansion.
"There's a well-known myth that you can't run real applications
across two clouds. We can now dispel that myth as we give 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 deep 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.
"Multicloud takes on a whole new meaning with the launch of the
Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure. This service, designed
to provide intuitive, simple access to the Exadata Database Service
and Autonomous Database to Azure users in a transparent manner,
responds to the critical need of Azure and Oracle customers to
apply the benefits of the latest in Oracle Database technology to
their Azure workloads. This combined and interactive connection of
services across public clouds sets the stage for what a multicloud
experience should be, and is a bold statement about where the
future of cloud is heading. It should deliver huge benefits for
customers, developers, and the cloud services landscape overall,"
said Carl Olofson, research vice
president, Data Management Software, IDC.
Familiar Experience for Azure Users Combined with an Oracle
Managed Service
With the new Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, in
just a few clicks users can connect their Azure subscriptions to
their OCI tenancy. The service automatically configures everything
required to link the two cloud environments and federates Azure
Active Directory identities, making it easy for Azure customers to
use the service. It also provides a familiar dashboard for Oracle
Database Services on OCI using Azure terminology and monitoring
with Azure Application Insights.
"Many of our mission-critical workloads are running Oracle
databases on-premises at massive scale. As we move these workloads
to the cloud, Oracle Database Service for Azure enables us to
modernize these Oracle databases to services such as Autonomous
Database in OCI while leveraging Microsoft Azure for the
application tier," said Jeremy Legg,
chief technology officer, AT&T. Watch the video.
"Multicloud architectures enable us to choose the best cloud
provider for each workload based on capabilities, performance, and
price. The OCI and Azure partnership integrates the capabilities of
two major cloud providers, including the Oracle Database services
in OCI and Azure's application development capabilities," said
Naveen Manga, chief technology
officer, Marriott International. Watch the video.
"Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure has simplified the
use of a multicloud environment for data analytics. We were able to
easily ingest large volumes of data hosted by Oracle Exadata
Database Service on OCI to Azure Data Factory where we are using
Azure Synapse for analysis," said Jane
Zhu, senior vice president and chief information officer,
Corporate Operations, Veritas.
"Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure simplifies our
multicloud approach. We're going to be able to leverage the
best of Oracle databases in Azure, and we are going to be able to
keep our infrastructure in Azure. This is a great opportunity
to have the best of the two worlds that eases our migration to the
cloud and improves the skills of our people in IT," said
David Plaza, chief information
officer, SGS. Watch the video.
Additional Resources
- Get started with Oracle Database Service for Microsoft
Azure
- Read more about the announcement
- Read industry analyst commentary
- Learn more about Oracle Database Services
- Learn more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Learn more about Microsoft Azure and Oracle solutions
About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure,
autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information
about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) enables digital
transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an
intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every
organization on the planet to achieve more.
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Contact Info
Carolin Bachmann
Oracle PR
+1.415.622.8466
carolin.bachmann@oracle.com
Microsoft Media Relations
WE Communications for Microsoft
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