Microsoft and Oracle's Database Azure will be available in 5 more regions

Microsoft and Oracle’s partnership project, Database Azure, will be expanded in 5 more regions, Microsoft announced in a press release, and with them the service is now available to a total of 15 regions globally.

Database Azure will be finally available in Europe, and customers can now place orders for Oracle Database@Azure in the Microsoft Azure Germany West Central region in Frankfurt, according to the Redmond-based tech giant.

Bringing Oracle Database@Azure to Europe will enable customers in the region to locally employ Oracle database services running on OCI hardware deployed in Azure datacenters for the first time. The expansion of our collaboration with Oracle demonstrates our mutual commitment to helping customers streamline the migration of workloads to the cloud so they can combine the best of Oracle with the breadth of Microsoft cloud services, like Azure AI, to empower business innovation.

Microsoft

We have embraced the tremendous global customer demand for Oracle Database@Azure and are hence announcing five additional regions to the road map today. We are energized by the Global 500 companies in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and more that are already utilizing Oracle Database@Azure. The increased uptick in demand and emerging and unified use cases across OCI and Microsoft Azure demonstrate just how important the multi-cloud deployments are for our joint customers.

Oracle

Database Azure is currently available in:

• Australia East
• Brazil South
• Canada Central
• France Central
• Central India
• Italy North
• Japan East
• Southeast Asia
• Sweden Central
• United Kingdom South
• Central United States
• South Central United States
• United Arab Emirates North

By using the Microsoft and Oracle’s Database Azure, customers can get the following benefits:

• 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 highest level of Oracle database performance, scale and availability, along with feature and pricing parity with OCI
• The simplicity, security and latency of a unified operating environment (datacenter) within Azure
• Consistency with on-premises deployments of Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata to reduce the need to rearchitect or refactor solutions
• The ability to build new cloud-native applications using OCI and Azure technologies, including the rich set of Azure development and AI services
• Unified customer experience and support from Oracle and Microsoft
• Simplified purchasing via the Azure Marketplace, and the ability to leverage Oracle and Microsoft licenses, commitments and discount programs
• The assurance of a unified service and architecture that are tested and supported by two of the most trusted names in the cloud

Microsoft recently unveiled the initiative to build AI data centers in Germany and update the country’s infrastructure with AI technologies, in a $3 billion investment, so this comes as no surprise.

You can read the full press release here.