Oracle Autonomous Database Now Available on Oracle Database@Azure

Oracle
Autonomous
Database
is
now
generally
available
on
Oracle
Database@Azure
in
the
Microsoft
Azure
East
U.S.
region,
according
to

oracle.com.
Oracle
will
operate
and
manage
the
Oracle
Autonomous
Database
Cloud
Service,
marking
it
as
the
second
Oracle
database
service
to
run
on
Oracle
Cloud
Infrastructure
(OCI)
in
Azure
datacenters.
This
development
aims
to
bolster
application
innovation
and
development
velocity.

Oracle
Autonomous
Database
on
OCI
in
Microsoft
Azure
Accelerates
Development
Velocity

With
Oracle
Autonomous
Database
running
on
OCI
in
Azure
datacenters,
developers
can
easily
provision
a
leading
data
platform
that
accommodates
various
data
or
development
models
for
any
use
case,
while
minimizing
complex
integrations.
This
fully-managed
option
offers
application
developers
access
to
database
services
at
a
massive
scale
with
superior
performance,
security,
and
availability.

The
Oracle
Autonomous
Database
enhances
development
velocity
with
a
built-in
low
code
development
platform
called
Oracle
APEX,
a
suite
of
data
engineering
tools
named
Data
Studio,
an
ML
notebook
interface
for
data
scientists,
and
easy
access
to
data
lakes.
It
supports
the
Apache
Iceberg
open
table
format
and
the
Delta
Share
open
data
sharing
protocol.
Developers
can
utilize
SQL,
JSON
documents,
graph,
geospatial,
text,
ML,
and
vector
similarity
search
from
a
unified
interface
to
quickly
build
new
solutions
and
add
functionality.
Additionally,
built-in
AI
capabilities
and
a
choice
of
large
language
models
(LLMs)
further
accelerate
application
innovation.

Oracle
Autonomous
Database
also
features
AI
Vector
Search,
enabling
developers
to
effortlessly
integrate
vector
data
with
other
structured
business
data
in
a
single
SQL
query.
This
integration
facilitates
more
insightful,
efficient,
and
agile
data
analysis
and
decision-making
processes.

Benefits
of
Oracle
Database@Azure

Customers
leveraging
Oracle
Database@Azure
running
on
OCI
in
Azure
datacenters
can
benefit
from:

• The
  ability
  to
  build
  new
  cloud-native
  applications
  using
  OCI
  and
  Azure
  technologies,
  including
  Azure’s
  development
  and
  AI
  services.
• Flexible
  options
  to
  simplify
  and
  accelerate
  migrating
  their
  Oracle
  databases
  to
  the
  cloud,
  including
  compatibility
  with
  migration
  tools
  like
  Oracle
  Zero-Downtime
  Migration.
• High-level
  Oracle
  database
  performance,
  scale,
  and
  availability,
  with
  feature
  and
  pricing
  parity
  with
  OCI.
• 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,
  reducing
  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.
• Assurance
  of
  a
  unified
  service
  and
  architecture
  tested
  and
  supported
  by
  Oracle
  and
  Microsoft.

“96
percent
of
Fortune
Global
100
companies
and
thousands
of
other
leading
global
organizations
rely
upon
Oracle
databases
to
run
their
businesses,”
said
Karan
Batta,
senior
vice
president,
Oracle
Cloud
Infrastructure.
“Since
launching
Oracle
Database@Azure,
we’ve
received
incredible
customer
demand,
which
is
why
we
responded
with
this
strategic
investment
and
are
now
offering
the
world’s
first
autonomous
database
to
customers
in
Azure.
With
Oracle
Autonomous
Database,
organizations
can
accelerate
their
data
center
exit
plans
and
enable
Azure
developers
to
build
solutions
with
ease.”

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