Microsoft, Oracle to add 24 regions to multicloud alliance

The two providers have opened nine Oracle Database@Azure locations since 2023.

Dive Brief:

• Oracle expanded a multicloud alliance with Microsoft, the company said in a Tuesday announcement. The two companies opened Oracle Database@Azure regions in Brazil and Italy and laid out plans for 24 additional regions in 2025.
• Oracle has installed Exadata and related database hardware inside Azure data centers across nine regions globally since 2023. The two providers expanded the integrations Tuesday, adding the Oracle Autonomous Database management solution, Azure Terraform provisioning and security support services and Microsoft Fabric data synchronization tool to the menu of joint capabilities.
• The Microsoft pact is part of a broader web of hyperscaler alliances centered around Oracle’s database solution. Oracle announced deployment of its data services in AWS and Google Cloud infrastructure in September. “We've known all along that most large customers have two, three or even four cloud ...