Oracle and Microsoft are now offering Oracle Database@Azure to customers in the United Arab Emirates. With the services’ debut in the Microsoft Azure UAE Central and UAE North regions, customers gain all the performance, resiliency, security, and scalability advantages of Oracle Database on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), combined with Azure’s enterprise-grade solutions for AI, analytics, security, and applications to unlock innovation and agility. To meet rapidly growing global demand, Oracle and Microsoft continue to make Oracle Database@Azure available in more regions across the world and add new services. Oracle Database@Azure is now available in 27 regions, with six more planned in the next 12 months.
Oracle Database@Azure enables customers to deploy Oracle Database services alongside Azure services natively from the same physical Microsoft datacentres with full Oracle Database functionality, including Oracle Real Application Clusters. With Oracle Database@Azure, customers can use Oracle Exadata Database Service, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure, and Oracle Base Database Service. In addition, customers can also enable intelligent data protection through Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service.
“The launch of Oracle Database@Azure in the UAE is a milestone for the region’s digital future,” said Assaad El Saadi, vice president, Database Platform – UAE & Oman, Oracle. “The UAE has established itself as a global hub for innovation, and customers here are looking for the freedom to accelerate transformation without limits. By bringing the proven high performance of Oracle Database together with the AI capabilities of Microsoft Azure, right here in-country, we’re enabling our customers across finance, energy, healthcare, retail, and the public sector to unlock new possibilities.”
“The launch of Oracle Database@Azure in the UAE represents a powerful step forward in the future of multicloud,” said Rima Semaan, Data and AI Lead, Microsoft UAE. “Together with Oracle, we are giving customers the ability to run their most mission-critical applications in-country while harnessing the full potential of analytics and AI. This is about more than efficiency — it’s about enabling customers across every sector to reimagine what’s possible, accelerate their digital transformation, and create breakthrough experiences that will define the next era of innovation in the UAE and beyond.”
Customer momentum for Oracle Database@Azure in the region
“Adopting Oracle Database@Azure reflects our organisation’s commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and future readiness,” said Talal Mohammed Al Ali, director of digital transformation, Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MBRHE). “We are not merely adopting a new technology—we are establishing a progressive model of digital housing governance that enhances value for our customers and drives institutional leadership in Dubai. This project represents a significant milestone in our digital transformation journey, providing us with a state-of-the-art cloud platform to support our strategic initiatives and strengthen our ability to respond to future requirements with efficiency and agility.”
Powerful cloud database service expands to meet global demand
Oracle Database@Azure is now available in 27 regions—Australia East, Australia Southeast, Brazil South, Canada Central, Central India, Central US, East US, East US 2, France Central, Germany North, Germany West Central, Italy North, Japan East, Japan West, North Europe, Southeast Asia, South Central US, Spain Central, Sweden Central, Switzerland North, UAE Central, UAE North, UK South, UK West, West US, West US 2, and West US 3.
In addition, Oracle Database@Azure is planned to be available in six more regions in the next 12 months. This includes Brazil Southeast, Canada East, France South, North Central US, South India, and West Europe.
Multicloud made for customers
Customers can purchase Oracle Database@Azure through the Microsoft Marketplace using their existing Azure commitments, discount programs, and Oracle license benefits such as Bring Your Own License (BYOL) and Oracle Support Rewards. Oracle Exadata Database Service, Oracle Autonomous Database, and Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service are also available by custom quotes through private offers. In addition, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Base Database Service, and Oracle Exadata Database with Exascale Infrastructure are offered as pay-as-you-go options, allowing flexible, managed database deployment within minutes.
With Oracle Database@Azure running on OCI in Azure datacentres, customers benefit from:
- The ability to quickly 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 reliable migration solutions such as Oracle Zero-Downtime Migration
- 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 eliminate the need to rearchitect or refactor solutions
- Validated Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Silver, Gold, and Platinum tiers for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure
- Unified customer experience and support from Oracle and Microsoft
- Simplified purchasing and the ability to leverage Oracle and Microsoft licenses, commitments, and discount programs
The advantage of a unified service and architecture that are tested and supported by two of the most trusted names in the cloud.
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