Oracle Database@Azure Adds New Regions and Services to Meet Global Demand
Oracle Database@Azure is expanding globally with new regions and services to meet increasing demand. The service is now available in nine Microsoft Azure regions, including its first South American presence in Brazil South, with plans to add 24 more regions by the end of 2025. Major organizations like The Craneware Group and Vodafone have selected the service to accelerate their cloud migrations. New features include Autonomous Database integrations with Azure services, enhanced Microsoft Fabric integration, and Microsoft Purview support. The service offers pricing parity with OCI and allows customers to leverage existing Azure commitments and Oracle licenses.
Oracle Database@Azure si sta espandendo a livello globale con nuove regioni e servizi per soddisfare la crescente domanda. Il servizio è ora disponibile in nove regioni Microsoft Azure, inclusa la sua prima presenza in Sud America in Brasile del Sud, con piani per aggiungere altre 24 regioni entro la fine del 2025. Grandi organizzazioni come The Craneware Group e Vodafone hanno scelto il servizio per accelerare le loro migrazioni al cloud. Le nuove funzionalità includono integrazioni di Autonomous Database con i servizi Azure, un'integrazione migliorata con Microsoft Fabric e il supporto di Microsoft Purview. Il servizio offre parità tariffaria con OCI e consente ai clienti di sfruttare gli impegni esistenti su Azure e le licenze Oracle.
Oracle Database@Azure se está expandiendo globalmente con nuevas regiones y servicios para satisfacer la creciente demanda. El servicio ya está disponible en nueve regiones de Microsoft Azure, incluyendo su primera presencia en Sudamérica en Brasil Sur, con planes para agregar 24 regiones más para finales de 2025. Organizaciones importantes como The Craneware Group y Vodafone han seleccionado el servicio para acelerar sus migraciones a la nube. Las nuevas funcionalidades incluyen integraciones de Autonomous Database con los servicios de Azure, una integración mejorada con Microsoft Fabric y soporte para Microsoft Purview. El servicio ofrece paridad de precios con OCI y permite a los clientes aprovechar los compromisos existentes de Azure y las licencias de Oracle.
Oracle Database@Azure는 증가하는 수요를 충족하기 위해 새로운 지역과 서비스를 통해 전 세계적으로 확장되고 있습니다. 이 서비스는 이제 아홉 개의 Microsoft Azure 지역에서 제공되며, 브라질 남부에 첫 남미 진출을 포함하여 2025년 말까지 24개 지역을 추가할 계획입니다. The Craneware Group과 Vodafone와 같은 주요 조직들이 클라우드 마이그레이션을 가속하기 위해 이 서비스를 선택했습니다. 새로운 기능으로는 Azure 서비스와의 Autonomous Database 통합, 개선된 Microsoft Fabric 통합 및 Microsoft Purview 지원이 포함됩니다. 이 서비스는 OCI와 가격 균형을 제공하며 고객이 기존 Azure 약정 및 Oracle 라이센스를 활용할 수 있도록 합니다.
Oracle Database@Azure s'étend à l'échelle mondiale avec de nouvelles régions et services pour répondre à une demande croissante. Le service est désormais disponible dans neuf régions Microsoft Azure, y compris sa première présence en Amérique du Sud au Brésil Sud, avec des projets d'ajout de 24 autres régions d'ici fin 2025. De grandes organisations comme The Craneware Group et Vodafone ont choisi ce service pour accélérer leurs migrations vers le cloud. Les nouvelles fonctionnalités incluent des intégrations de la Base de données autonome avec les services Azure, une intégration améliorée avec Microsoft Fabric et le support de Microsoft Purview. Ce service offre une parité des prix avec OCI et permet aux clients de tirer parti des engagements Azure existants et des licences Oracle.
Oracle Database@Azure expandiert global mit neuen Regionen und Dienstleistungen, um der steigenden Nachfrage gerecht zu werden. Der Dienst ist jetzt in neun Microsoft Azure Regionen verfügbar, einschließlich seiner ersten Präsenz in Südamerika in Brasilien Süd, mit Plänen, bis Ende 2025 weitere 24 Regionen hinzuzufügen. Große Organisationen wie The Craneware Group und Vodafone haben den Dienst ausgewählt, um ihre Cloud-Migrationen zu beschleunigen. Neue Funktionen umfassen Integrationen der Autonomous Database mit Azure-Diensten, verbesserte Integration mit Microsoft Fabric und Unterstützung von Microsoft Purview. Der Dienst bietet Preisparität mit OCI und ermöglicht es den Kunden, bestehende Azure-Verpflichtungen und Oracle-Lizenzen zu nutzen.
- Global expansion to 9 Azure regions with 24 more planned by 2025
- Secured major clients including The Craneware Group and Vodafone
- New integrations with key Azure services enhancing functionality
- Pricing parity with OCI maintaining competitive positioning
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Insights
The expansion of Oracle Database@Azure marks a significant strategic development in the cloud computing market. The addition of new regions, particularly in South America and Europe, coupled with plans for 24 more regions by 2025, demonstrates strong market penetration and growing enterprise demand. The adoption by major clients like Vodafone and The Craneware Group validates the service's enterprise-grade capabilities.
The partnership strengthens Oracle's competitive position against cloud rivals like AWS and Google Cloud. Key differentiators include pricing parity with OCI, integration with Azure services and the ability to leverage existing licenses and commitments. This multicloud approach could drive significant revenue growth as enterprises increasingly adopt hybrid and multicloud strategies.
The technical enhancements to Oracle Database@Azure represent substantial improvements in enterprise database capabilities. The integration with Azure services like Entra ID, DevOps tools and Microsoft Fabric showcases advanced hybrid cloud functionality. The planned support for Exascale Infrastructure indicates preparation for massive scalability requirements.
Critical technical features include automated provisioning through Terraform, enhanced data governance with Microsoft Purview and real-time data synchronization via Open Mirroring. These capabilities address key enterprise concerns around security, compliance and operational efficiency, potentially accelerating cloud adoption rates among Oracle's traditional on-premises customer base.
Global organizations including The Craneware Group and Vodafone select Oracle Database@Azure to accelerate cloud journeys
Oracle Database@Azure is available for the first time in
New services and capabilities will help customers meet data governance and compliance requirements
The Craneware Group's Mission-Critical Trisus® Business of Pharmacy runs on Oracle Database@Azure
The Craneware Group, which provides software solutions and services to over 12,000 hospitals, clinics, and retail pharmacies, has selected Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure. Its end-to-end, mission-critical pharmacy SaaS application handles procurement, invoicing, pricing, inventory management, supply chain, reporting, compliance, and auditing.
"Our SaaS-based suite of applications for pharmacy-related services handles the needs of a large number of patients," said Abhilesh Gandhi, CTO, The Craneware Group. "Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure can deliver the scale, reliability, and security we and our customers demand. Oracle's commitment to multicloud, as well as its distributed cloud strategy are differentiators and help us plan for the future."
Vodafone Deepens Multicloud Strategy with Oracle Database@Azure
Cloud migration is core to Vodafone's IT strategy to enable its operations across
"Oracle Databases running on Exadata have been powering mission-critical applications on our physical servers for many years," said Pedro Sardo, technology shared services and group IT operations director, Vodafone. "With Oracle Database@Azure, we can now unify and run database applications across multiple clouds. With this expanded capability, we can continue to provide secure, resilient and high-performing digital services to our customers at scale, only now faster and more cost effectively."
New Oracle solutions and enhanced data integrations available for Oracle Database@Azure
Microsoft and Oracle continue to add powerful new features and capabilities for Oracle Database@Azure.
- Autonomous Database integrations with Azure: Autonomous Database seamlessly integrates with key Azure services including Entra ID, Azure DevOps, Visual Studio Code, Azure API Management Service, and Microsoft Teams. New integrations include the option to store database encryption keys in Azure Key Vault and accessing SharePoint objects directly with SQL.
- Azure Resource Manager (RM)-based Terraform: Now generally available for both Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@Azure. With Terraform support, provisioning and security can be automated with declarative infrastructure that can be coded, shared, versioned, and executed within a workflow.
- Enhanced integration with Microsoft Fabric: Open Mirroring is now in public preview, enabling continuous data replication and synchronization to mirror databases in Fabric with Oracle GoldenGate. Open Mirroring keeps mirrored data synchronized in real-time, to help ensure data is analytics-ready within Microsoft Fabric.
- Microsoft Purview integration: Microsoft Purview now supports Oracle Database@Azure for comprehensive data governance and compliance capabilities that organizations can use to manage, secure, and track data across Oracle workloads.
- Oracle Exascale Infrastructure support: Oracle plans to provide Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure in Oracle Database@Azure within the next 12 months. Once available, customers of virtually any size will be able to run Exadata Database Service with hyper-elastic scaling and pay-per-use economics.
Oracle Database@Azure Expands Across Global Regions
With the addition of Brazil South and Italy North, Oracle Database@Azure is now available in nine regions —Australia East, Brazil South, Canada Central, East US, France Central, Germany West Central, Italy North,
In addition, the service is planned to be available in 24 more regions by the end of 2025. This includes
Multicloud Made for Customers
Customers can purchase Oracle Database@Azure through the Azure Marketplace. They can use existing Azure commitments and discount programs, and their 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 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:
- 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 ability to build new cloud-native applications using OCI and Azure technologies, including the rich set of Azure development and AI services
- Pricing parity with OCI for the highest level of Oracle database performance, scale, and availability only possible through Oracle Exadata engineered systems underpinning Oracle Database@Azure
- 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, Gold, and Platinum 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
"More and more customers are seeing the value and flexibility that Oracle Database@Azure delivers for their most critical workloads," said Karan Batta, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "To meet growing global demand and increase the flexibility, availability, and resiliency that Oracle Database@Azure can provide to customers, we are working closely with Microsoft to make it available in more regions around the world and add new services."
"To meet the diverse needs of modern enterprises, we continue to make Oracle Database@Azure available in new regions and to add new features and capabilities," said Brett Tanzer, vice president, Azure Product Management, Microsoft. "This collaboration with Oracle helps our customers adapt to market conditions, compete more effectively, and deliver better experiences to their customers."
About Oracle Distributed Cloud
Oracle's distributed cloud delivers the benefits of cloud with greater control and flexibility. Oracle's distributed cloud lineup includes:
- Public cloud: Hyperscale public cloud regions serve any size of organization, including those requiring strict EU sovereignty controls. See the full list of regions here.
- Dedicated cloud: Customers can run all OCI cloud services in their own data centers with OCI Dedicated Region, while partners can resell OCI cloud services and customize the experience using Oracle Alloy. Oracle also operates separate
U.S. ,UK , and Australian Government Clouds, and Isolated Cloud Regions forU.S. national security purposes. Each of these products provide a full cloud and AI stack that customers can deploy as a Sovereign Cloud. - Hybrid cloud: OCI delivers key cloud services on-premises via Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer and Compute Cloud@Customer and is already managing deployments in over 60 countries. Additionally, OCI Roving Edge Infrastructure, which consists of multiple configurations of ruggedized and portable high-performance devices, helps customers leverage remote AI inferencing at the edge.
- Multicloud: Options including Oracle Database@AWS, Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle Database@Google Cloud, Oracle HeatWave on AWS and Microsoft Azure, Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud allow customers to combine key capabilities from across clouds.
Additional Resources
- Learn more about Oracle Database@Azure
- Read about Oracle Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@Azure
- Learn more about Oracle Database services, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Base Database Service
- Learn about innovating with Oracle and Azure
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