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October 15, 2025 - At Oracle AI World 2025, Microsoft and Oracle unveiled the next chapter of their deepening partnership with powerful new innovations for Oracle Database@Azure. These advancements extend the industry-defining collaboration that combines Oracle’s leading database technology with Microsoft’s trusted AI, cloud, and security platforms—delivering unprecedented performance, resilience, and intelligence for mission-critical workloads.

Global Expansion and Broader Availability

Oracle Database@Azure is now available in 28 regions worldwide, including new regions Spain Central, Central India, and Canada East. This expansion helps organizations deploy closer to their end users, meet regional data sovereignty requirements, and ensure business continuity through cross-region redundancy.

Within the next 12 months, Oracle Database@Azure will launch in five additional regions—Brazil Southeast, France South, North Central US, South India, and West Europe—bringing the total global footprint to 33 regions.

“This continued global scale reflects our joint commitment to bring the full power of Oracle Database@Azure closer to every customer—wherever they operate,” said Microsoft and Oracle in a joint statement.

Expanded Database Portfolio and New Services

The portfolio of Oracle database services available on Azure has expanded significantly:

• Oracle Base Database Service is now generally available on Azure, offering flexible deployment of Oracle Database 19c and 23ai with pay-as-you-go pricing and BYOL options.

• Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse, built on Apache Iceberg and powered by Oracle AI Database 26ai, is now generally available, unifying AI, analytics, and open data with seamless integration into Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

• Oracle Smart Operations, Azure IoT Operations, and Microsoft Fabric RTI are now available, enabling real-time operational analytics and automation across supply chains and manufacturing systems.

Unified, AI-Ready Data

Microsoft and Oracle are breaking down data silos with new real-time data unification features:

• Oracle Database Mirroring in OneLake (Public Preview) brings low-latency Oracle data mirroring into Microsoft Fabric’s OneLake for near real-time analytics without complex ETL pipelines.

• Native Oracle GoldenGate integration is now generally available, providing advanced, real-time replication across Oracle and Azure environments for faster, AI-ready insights.

These capabilities create continuously synchronized data estates optimized for Azure AI, Microsoft Fabric, and Copilot Studio, empowering developers and analysts to build data-driven AI workflows faster.

AI Integration with Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry

Oracle Database@Azure now powers AI development and automation at scale:

• Copilot Studio enables business users to build no-code and low-code AI agents that connect directly to live Oracle data within Azure—accelerating workflow automation and operational insights.

• Azure AI Foundry gives developers access to thousands of pre-trained and custom AI models, natively integrated with Oracle data for predictive analytics, financial modeling, and anomaly detection.

Together, these tools enable enterprises to combine structured Oracle data with unstructured and streaming Azure data for comprehensive AI-driven innovation.

Enterprise-Grade Security and Governance

Deep integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Entra ID ensures end-to-end protection for Oracle workloads:

• Defender provides Oracle-aware threat detection and continuous configuration assessment.

• Sentinel offers AI-powered SIEM and SOAR capabilities for faster incident response.

• Entra ID enforces zero-trust access control and unified identity governance.

Additionally, Microsoft Purview strengthens governance and compliance, helping enterprises maintain consistent security across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Modernized Operations and Automation

Through Azure Arc, IT teams can now manage Oracle databases and Azure resources through a unified control plane. New features include:

• Backup to Azure Storage with geo-redundant recovery.

• Autonomous Database-S Elastic Pools for performance and cost optimization.

• VCN DNS Automation for simplified hybrid networking.

• Terraform and SDK updates for Infrastructure-as-Code deployment.

• Azure Tags in OCI for improved cost tracking and governance.

These updates streamline management, strengthen resilience, and simplify hybrid operations.

New Programs for Customers and Partners

To help organizations accelerate adoption, Microsoft introduced Azure Accelerate for Oracle—a new program offering funding, technical guidance, and best practices for cloud migration, AI integration, and modernization.

Additionally, partners can now purchase and resell Oracle Database@Azure directly through the Microsoft Marketplace, simplifying procurement and deployment for customers.

The Microsoft MVP Program has also expanded to include Oracle Database@Azure under the new Azure Solutions & Ecosystem category—recognizing experts who contribute to innovation in mission-critical workloads.

“By combining the performance and reliability of Oracle Database with Microsoft Azure’s AI and application services, Oracle Database@Azure helps our clients accelerate modernization and unlock new insights,” said Andy Tay, Global Lead of Accenture Cloud First.

Customer Success: Activision Blizzard

Early adopters like Activision Blizzard are already seeing the benefits.

“Oracle Database@Azure delivered Exadata-grade performance natively within Azure, enabling us to host our Oracle EBS in the cloud without compromise,” said Mahesh Tyagi, Vice President of Finance Engineering at Activision Blizzard. “With Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and Copilot Studio, our team can accelerate insight delivery and build agentic workflows faster—while keeping governance and security at the forefront.”

Looking Ahead

With Oracle Database@Azure now available in 28 regions and expanding rapidly, Microsoft and Oracle are setting a new standard for mission-critical enterprise workloads—uniting data, AI, and cloud innovation under one powerful ecosystem.

For more information, visit https://azure.microsoft.com/oracle.