What's New
Learn about new features and resources available to Oracle Database@Azure users.
| Date | Feature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| August 16, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Exadata infrastructure and VM Clusters logs and events directly into Azure Monitor | You can now enable comprehensive monitoring of your Exadata Database Services on Oracle Database@Azure by integrating detailed metrics, logs, and event data into Azure’s native monitoring tools—including Storage Accounts, Event Hubs, Log Analytics, and third-party platforms like Dynatrace—through configurable diagnostic settings. This integration allows you to collect, store, analyze, and visualize operational data directly alongside your other Azure resources, providing a unified view of your IT environment. You can set up custom dashboards, automate alerting workflows, and leverage advanced analytics for proactive troubleshooting and deeper insights into performance, availability, and security. By centralizing your monitoring data, you can streamline incident response, optimize resource allocation, and maintain compliance—all from within your existing Azure and partner toolsets. For more information Monitoring Exadata Database Services in Azure. |
| August 16, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Exadata logs and events steam to Azure Monitor | You can now stream logs and events from your Oracle Exadata databases directly into Azure Monitor, enabling real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, and auditing within your familiar Azure environment. With this integration, all operational data—including performance metrics, error messages, and system events—is automatically fed into Azure Monitor, allowing you to leverage its powerful dashboards, alerting, and analytics capabilities. This unified approach means you can quickly identify and resolve issues, streamline compliance reporting, and maintain comprehensive audit trails—without having to juggle multiple toolsets. Seamless integration with your existing Azure workflows and third-party services also enables faster incident response and simplifies management of your Exadata infrastructure, so you can focus on optimizing your business-critical workloads. For more information Monitoring Exadata Database Services in Azure. |
| August 15, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the UAE North (Dubai) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the UAE North (Dubai) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| August 8, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Germany North (DR) (Berlin) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Germany North (DR) (Berlin) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| July 29, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the West US 2 (Quincy) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the West US 2 (Quincy) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| July 25, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the West US 3 (Phoenix) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the West US 3 (Phoenix) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| July 22, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the North Europe (Dublin) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the North Europe (Dublin) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| July 22, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Sweden Central (Gavle) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Sweden Central (Gavle) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| July 21, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Japan West (DR) (Osaka) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Japan West (DR) (Osaka) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| July 18, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports second AZ in the Sweden Central (Gavle) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in second availability zone of the Sweden Central (Gavle) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| July 1, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports Early Maintenance Option for ADB-S | You can now choose the "Early" maintenance option when creating or cloning your Autonomous Database on Azure, allowing your instance to receive patches a week before the regular schedule. This lets you test new updates early and prepare for changes before they’re rolled out to everyone else. If early maintenance is available in your region, you’ll see this option in the setup process. See Cloning an existing Autonomous Database instance |
| June 24, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Azure Key Vault for ExaDB-D | You can now use Azure Key Vault Premium and Managed HSM to securely manage and store encryption keys for your Exadata Database deployments on Azure. This integration provides you with advanced options for key management, including hardware-backed security modules, automated key rotation, and detailed access controls. By leveraging Azure’s enterprise-grade security offerings, you gain greater control over who can access your encryption keys, enforce organization-wide compliance policies, and protect your sensitive data both at rest and in transit. With seamless integration into your Exadata environment, you can streamline security operations and ensure your data remains protected in accordance with the highest industry standards, see Azure Key Vault Integration for Oracle Database@Azure. |
| June 17, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Single-node Exascale VM Cluster | You can now create Exascale clusters on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with just one virtual machine (VM), making it easier and more cost-effective to launch new deployments or begin development and testing. This streamlined setup allows you to get started quickly with minimal resources, reducing entry barriers and operational expenses. Additionally, you have the flexibility to scale down your existing Exascale clusters to a single VM when your resource needs change, enabling you to optimize costs and better align infrastructure with current workload requirements. With these new capabilities, you gain greater agility and control over your Exascale environment while consistently maintaining high performance and reliability. |
| June 13, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports second AZ in the South Central US (San Antonio) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in second availability zone of the South Central US (San Antonio) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| May 27, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Central India (Pune) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Central India (Pune) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| April 22, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the South-Central US (San Antonio) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the South-Central US (San Antonio) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| April 14, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports X11M Exadata infrastructure | You can now choose the X11M infrastructure model when provisioning Exadata Infrastructure on Oracle Database@Azure. This new option allows you to take advantage of the latest generation Exadata hardware, bringing significant improvements in performance, scalability, and efficiency to your database workloads. With X11M, you benefit from enhanced CPU and memory capabilities, faster NVMe storage, and next-generation networking—making it ideal for demanding mission-critical applications and high-volume transactional environments. By selecting X11M during infrastructure setup, you can future-proof your Exadata deployments, achieve greater consolidation, and ensure your cloud environment meets the performance and growth needs of your organization. |
| March 31, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Australia Southeast (Melbourne) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Australia Southeast (Melbourne) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| March 18, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports second AZ in the Central US (Des Moines) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in second availability zone of the Central US (Des Moines) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| March 17, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the East US 2 (Boydton) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the East US 2 (Boydton) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| March 7, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Secure Public Access for Autonomous Database Serverless on Azure | You can now control how your Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S) is accessed from the public internet by choosing between allowing secure connections from anywhere or restricting access to specific IP addresses. Connections are made via a dedicated Database@Azure DNS endpoint, providing both security and convenient access for authorized users. This flexibility lets you tailor public accessibility settings during the provisioning process, helping you balance ease of access with robust data protection. Enhanced guidance and options have been added to the "Provisioning an Autonomous Database for Azure" workflow, making it easier to configure public IP accessibility according to your organization’s security requirements. |
| March 5, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure (ExaDB-XS) | You can now unlock next-generation performance and flexibility with ExaDB-XS on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This powerful service allows you to start with smaller configurations—as low as 2 OCPUs—making it an ideal choice for a wide range of workloads, from development and testing to production. You can take advantage of efficient storage management features such as rapid snapshots and storage clones, which streamline backup, recovery, and data provisioning processes. Additionally, ExaDB-XS offers advanced multi-tenant support, enabling you to securely consolidate multiple databases on a single system and optimize resource utilization. All these capabilities are built on Exascale’s cutting-edge infrastructure, ensuring your databases deliver high performance, scalability, and security. |
| February 28, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Cross-Region Disaster Recovery for ADB-S | You can now enhance the resiliency and protection of your Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S) by configuring a standby database in a different Azure region using Autonomous Data Guard. This feature enables you to automatically replicate your primary database to a geographically separate standby location, ensuring that your data remains safe and accessible even in the event of a regional outage or disaster. With automated failover and continuous data synchronization, Autonomous Data Guard provides seamless business continuity, minimizes downtime, and supports enterprise compliance requirements. This cross-region disaster recovery capability allows you to maintain high availability for your critical workloads and gives you greater peace of mind in your cloud deployment. See Cross-region disaster recovery feature availability. |
| February 28, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support choosing Local Filesystem Size for Exadata VM Clusters | You can now customize the size of the local filesystem when setting up a new Exadata VM Cluster by selecting your preferred configuration in the advanced settings. This new option gives you greater control and flexibility to allocate storage based on your specific workload requirements, whether you need more space for diagnostic files, application logs, or temporary data. By tailoring the local filesystem size during the initial setup, you can optimize storage utilization, enhance performance, and ensure your Exadata environment is precisely aligned with your operational and data management needs within Oracle Database@Azure. |
| February 28, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports second AZ in the Southeast Asia (Singapore) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in second availability zone of the Southeast Asia (Singapore) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| February 3, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports second AZ in the Japan East (Tokyo) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in second availability zone of the Japan East (Tokyo) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| January 24, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Custom SCAN Listener Port for Exadata VM Clusters | You can now customize the SCAN listener port when creating a new Exadata VM Cluster by easily selecting your preferred port number—any value between 1024 and 8999—directly from the Network tab during the setup process. While the default port is set to 1521, this added flexibility allows you to specify a port that aligns with your organization’s network policies, security standards, or integration requirements. By choosing your SCAN listener port at the time of cluster creation, you can simplify configuration, enhance compliance, and optimize connectivity for your Exadata environment on Oracle Database@Azure. |
| January 21, 2025 | Oracle Database@Azure now support JSON and APEX Workload on ADB-S | You can now run both JSON and APEX workloads on Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S), expanding the range of application scenarios you can support directly within your Azure environment. The user interface has been enhanced with dedicated options for setting up JSON document stores and APEX application environments, making deployment and configuration seamless for developers and administrators. These additions also integrate smoothly with your Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC), ensuring usage counts toward your existing financial commitments. Furthermore, the provisioning workflow now includes updated preflight checks to verify compatibility and readiness for JSON and APEX workloads, giving you greater confidence and ease as you deploy modern web, mobile, and analytics applications on Autonomous Database on Azure. |
| December 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support User Defined Routes (UDR) in Delegated Subnets | You can now assign User Defined Routes (UDR) in delegated subnets within your Azure environment, giving you the ability to set up custom network routing between your on-premises systems and Exadata databases on Oracle Database@Azure. This feature provides greater control over how network traffic flows across your hybrid cloud infrastructure, enabling you to define specific routing paths for improved security, compliance, and performance optimization. By leveraging UDRs in delegated subnets, you can connect and manage database access more efficiently across complex network topologies, ensuring seamless integration, better isolation, and consistent connectivity for your enterprise workloads. |
| December 11, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Observability enabled for Autonomous Database | You can now configure comprehensive observability for Oracle Database@Azure Autonomous Database Serverless, giving you deeper visibility and control over your database operations. With this feature, you can monitor key performance metrics, track resource utilization, set up custom alerts, and access detailed logs for your serverless deployments—all through integrated tools within your Azure and Oracle environments. Enhanced observability helps you more effectively troubleshoot issues, optimize workloads, and ensure service health and compliance. By proactively monitoring your Autonomous Database Serverless instances, you can maintain high availability, quickly identify and resolve bottlenecks, and continually align your operations with business and regulatory requirements. see Monitoring Autonomous Database Services in Azure. |
| December 11, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Observability enabled for Exadata Database | You can now configure advanced observability for Oracle Database@Azure Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, enabling you to gain deep insights into your database environment’s performance, health, and resource usage. This feature provides access to a comprehensive suite of monitoring tools and dashboards that allow you to track metrics such as CPU and memory utilization, storage consumption, I/O performance, and query response times in real time. You can also set up custom alerts for critical thresholds, integrate with Azure Monitor or Oracle Enterprise Manager for centralized oversight, and access detailed logs for in-depth troubleshooting and audit purposes. see Monitoring Exadata Database Services in Azure). |
| December 11, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support ADB-S Database Cloning and Enhanced Backups |
You can now easily clone your Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S) with options for metadata, full, or refreshable clones—making it simple to create fresh test or development environments. Upcoming features will let you clone from existing databases or backups, manage long-term backups, set backup schedules, adjust retention periods, and run checks before backup changes. Enjoy more flexibility and control over your database copies and backups! Added backup functionality (see Access Autonomous Database Backups and Restore Autonomous Database Backups) and cloning (see Clone Autonomous Database from Backups). |
| December 11, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports ADB-S Metrics in Azure Monitor | You can now view and track detailed metrics for your Oracle Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S) directly within Azure Monitor, giving you unified visibility into your database’s performance from your familiar Azure environment. This integration enables you to easily monitor key metrics such as CPU usage, storage consumption, query response times, and throughput in real time. You can set up customized alerts to proactively address potential issues, ensuring optimal uptime and performance for your workloads. Additionally, Azure Monitor’s compatibility allows you to seamlessly integrate database insights with your favorite third-party monitoring and IT ops tools, supporting end-to-end observability and streamlined incident management across your enterprise cloud infrastructure. |
| November 29, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Faster Network Performance for Autonomous Database Serverless | You can now benefit from enhanced network speeds when accessing your Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S), resulting in reduced latency and a noticeably faster, smoother database experience. This improvement provides quicker data access and more responsive applications, allowing you to work more efficiently and deliver better performance for your users. |
| November 26, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the UK West (DR) (Cardiff) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the UK West (DR) (Cardiff) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| November 1, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support AzureRM Terraform for Autonomous Database Serverless | You can now use the same Terraform tools and APIs to manage Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S) as you do with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This unified approach streamlines automation and orchestration, allowing you to provision, configure, and manage your database infrastructure seamlessly across both platforms using familiar, user-friendly Terraform workflows. As a result, you can simplify operations, reduce complexity, and improve consistency in your multi-cloud environment. |
| November 1, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports AzureRM Terraform for Exadata Database on Dedicate Infrastructure | You can now easily manage Exadata databases on dedicated infrastructure across both Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using the same Terraform tools and APIs. This unified approach allows you to automate, orchestrate, and configure your Exadata environments consistently on both platforms, streamlining database operations and simplifying multi-cloud management. With this capability, you can leverage familiar Terraform workflows to deploy, scale, and maintain your Exadata infrastructure efficiently, improving operational agility and reducing management complexity. |
| November 1, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support sharing Exadata Infrastructure with another subscription | You can now share a single Exadata infrastructure across multiple Azure subscriptions, providing an efficient way to allocate resources to different business units, teams, or customers while keeping each environment separate and secure. This capability allows you to improve infrastructure utilization and enables flexible cost sharing, making it ideal for managing development, testing, and staging environments under one Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) tenancy. You maintain full control and isolation for each Azure subscription, ensuring security and operational independence, all while streamlining resource management and optimizing costs across your organization. |
| October 25, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Brazil South (Sao Paulo) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Brazil South (Sao Paulo) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| October 18, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Japan East (Tokyo) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Japan East (Tokyo) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| October 15, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Southeast Asia (Singapore) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Southeast Asia (Singapore) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| October 15, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Central US (Des Moines) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Central US (Des Moines) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| October 10, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Italy North (Milan) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Italy North (Milan) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| September 24, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Single node VM cluster on Exadata Infrastructure | You can now deploy single-node VM clusters on Exadata Infrastructure within Oracle Database@Azure for your non-production environments. This feature enables you to optimize development and testing by reducing costs and improving capacity utilization, while still benefiting from the high performance and advanced capabilities of Exadata in your Azure environment. |
| September 9, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Public Offer (pay-as-you-go) for Autonomous Database Serverless from Azure Marketplace | You can now use Oracle Database@Azure Autonomous Database Serverless for smaller deployments, accessing it through a public offer (pay-as-you-go)—just like any other marketplace service in Azure—and pay the standard list price. |
| September 9, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support 23ai database version for Autonomous Database Serverless | You can now provision 23ai (AI-powered) database instances on Autonomous Database Serverless within Oracle Database@Azure, giving you the ability to deploy next-generation Oracle databases that feature built-in AI and machine learning capabilities. This allows you to leverage advanced analytics and intelligent data processing as part of your Azure-based workloads, while benefiting from the automation, scalability, and security of Autonomous Database Serverless—all seamlessly integrated within the Azure environment. |
| September 5, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Zero Downtime Migration for Autonomous Database Serverless | You can now use Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) to seamlessly move your databases to Autonomous Database on Azure (ADB-S) with no service interruptions, leveraging Oracle GoldenGate-based logical migration. This allows you to migrate your on-premises or cloud databases to Oracle Database@Azure while applications remain fully operational, ensuring a smooth, reliable transition to the cloud with minimal impact on users or business operations. |
| August 28, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Autonomous Recovery Service@Azure | You can now use Oracle Autonomous Recovery Service@Azure to store your Autonomous Database backups directly within Azure, ensuring that your data remains inside the Azure environment at all times. This capability helps you meet data residency and compliance requirements by keeping all backup data within regional Azure boundaries, eliminating the need to transfer sensitive information outside your Azure tenancy. With fully managed, automated backup and recovery operations, you can simplify data protection while benefiting from Azure’s robust security and high availability. This seamless integration allows you to confidently safeguard your Oracle Autonomous Databases on Azure without compromising on compliance or control. |
| July 30, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support SAP Solution Validation | You can now confidently deploy your SAP applications on Azure Infrastructure with Oracle Database@Azure, thanks to comprehensive validation conducted by SAP, Microsoft, and Oracle experts. This joint certification ensures that your SAP workloads are fully supported for smooth installation, robust high availability, and optimal performance on this integrated platform. With this validation, you benefit from streamlined deployment processes, guaranteed compatibility, and the assurance of expert-backed support for your business-critical SAP environments. This gives your organization the flexibility and reliability needed to run enterprise-grade SAP applications alongside Oracle Database services, leveraging both Azure and Oracle’s best-in-class technologies. |
| July 25, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Multiple Azure subscription to a single private offer | You can now link multiple Azure subscriptions to a single Private Offer for your Azure deployment, providing enhanced flexibility and streamlined management for complex organizational setups. This capability is ideal for enterprises that structure their cloud environments by separating Dev, Test, Prod, and Disaster Recovery (DR) workloads within a single Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) tenancy. By associating various Azure resource groups and Exadata VM clusters with individual subscriptions, you can clearly isolate data and workloads for different business units or teams, all while maintaining your established governance models, operational processes, and existing integrations. This unified approach simplifies contract management, improves resource allocation, and ensures consistent compliance and security across your diverse Azure environments. |
| July 12, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Zero downtime migration (ZDM) for ExaDB-D | You can now use Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) with Exadata Dedicated to move your databases to Database@Azure seamlessly and without interruption. This feature offers you the flexibility to choose the migration method that best fits your requirements: execute logical migrations with Oracle GoldenGate for continuous data replication and minimal cutover time, or perform physical migrations with Data Guard for synchronized data protection and failover. By supporting both logical and physical migration paths, ZDM ensures that your transition to Oracle Database@Azure is smooth, reliable, and tailored to your business needs, all while keeping your applications fully available throughout the migration process. See Move to Oracle Database@Azure with Oracle Zero Downtime Migration. |
| July 10, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Higher Service Reliability | You can now benefit from an increased Service Level Objective (SLO) for Oracle Database@Azure, which now matches the underlying database Service Level Agreement (SLA) by raising its availability target from 99.9% to 99.95%. This enhancement means you can expect even greater reliability and improved uptime for your mission-critical workloads, with consistent high availability metrics accessible across all supported regions. The upgraded SLO provides you with stronger assurances for business continuity and operational resilience, giving you increased confidence in running your Oracle databases on Azure. |
| June 28, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Grid Infrastructure 23c for Exadata VM Clusters | You can now select the latest Grid Infrastructure version 23c when creating a new Exadata VM Cluster, ensuring your environment benefits from the newest features, performance improvements, and security enhancements right from the start. By choosing version 23c, you gain immediate access to Oracle’s most advanced automation, management, and high-availability technologies. This allows you to streamline operations, support the latest application requirements, and future-proof your infrastructure with continued innovation—all within your Oracle Database@Azure deployment. |
| June 28, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support choose Grid Infrastructure Version for Exadata VM Clusters | You can now choose from a comprehensive list of available Grid Infrastructure versions, including specific minor versions, when setting up a new Exadata VM Cluster. This enhanced flexibility allows you to align your deployment with your organization’s compatibility, compliance, and application requirements right from the outset. By selecting the most appropriate Grid Infrastructure version during the initial setup, you can ensure seamless integration with existing environments, maintain support for legacy applications, or take immediate advantage of the latest features and updates. This capability streamlines version management and helps you optimize performance, security, and stability within your Oracle Database@Azure deployment. |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Oracle Key Vault to manage encryption keys for Oracle Database | You can now deploy Oracle Key Vault on an Azure Virtual Machine as a fully customer-managed solution, giving you complete control over the management of encryption keys for your Oracle Database@Azure environments. By running Oracle Key Vault on your own Azure VM, you gain the flexibility to configure, monitor, and maintain your key management processes according to your organization's specific security policies and compliance requirements. This approach allows you to centralize encryption key storage, enable secure key lifecycle operations—including creation, rotation, and revocation—and integrate with your existing Oracle databases across Azure. As a result, you can enhance the overall security posture of your cloud deployments while ensuring that key management remains entirely under your governance. |
| June 7, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Australia East (Sydney) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Australia East (Sydney) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support mapping between Azure Availability Zone and OCI Availability Domain | You can now easily connect and manage resources by directly linking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Availability Domain (parent) to a single Azure Availability Zone. This streamlined integration simplifies resource placement, making it easier to deploy databases and applications in a consistent and predictable manner. Additionally, it enhances network connectivity between OCI and Azure, providing lower latency and more reliable data transfer. By aligning resource locations, you can improve the overall user experience, simplify management tasks, and ensure your cloud infrastructure is optimized for performance and efficiency across both platforms. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support In-Region DR for Autonomous Database Serverless with Autonomous Data Guard | You can now take advantage of enhanced in-region disaster recovery for your Autonomous Database Serverless deployments by using Autonomous Data Guard. This feature allows you to create and manage standby databases within the same region, ensuring business continuity and data protection in case of planned maintenance or unexpected outages. With seamless failover and automated data replication, you can maintain high availability for your critical applications and minimize downtime, giving you greater confidence in your disaster recovery strategy on Oracle Database@Azure. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Autonomous Database Serverless Wallat download in Azure Portal | You can now conveniently download your Autonomous Database Serverless wallet directly from the Azure Portal, making secure access setup faster and simpler. This streamlined process eliminates the need to navigate multiple platforms, allowing you to quickly obtain the necessary credentials for secure database connections and integration with your applications—all within your familiar Azure management environment. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Autonomous Database Serverless backup visibility in Azure Portal | You can now enjoy enhanced visibility into your Autonomous Database Serverless backups, with the ability to conveniently monitor and manage all backup activities directly within the Azure Portal. This improved integration allows you to easily track backup status, review backup history, and ensure your data protection policies are being met, all from a single, unified interface. With streamlined oversight and management, you can gain greater confidence in your backup strategy and maintain compliance with internal and regulatory requirements. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Autonomous Database Serverless ECPU and Storage scaling in Azure Portal | You can now easily scale your Autonomous Database Serverless ECPU and storage resources up or down directly through the Azure Portal, allowing you to quickly adjust your database capacity as your workloads change. This flexible scalability ensures you can optimize performance and control costs by only using the resources you need. With intuitive controls in the Azure Portal, you can seamlessly manage resource allocation in real time to support growth, seasonal spikes, or fluctuating business demands—all without downtime or operational disruption. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Exadata cross-region disaster recovery with Data Guard | You can now enhance your data protection and business continuity with the Exadata Disaster Recovery solution, which uses Oracle Data Guard to safeguard and recover your data between paired regions. This feature enables you to automatically replicate your databases across geographically diverse, supported regions, ensuring your critical data remains safe, available, and quickly recoverable in case of outages or disasters. By leveraging continuous data synchronization and automated failover, you can minimize downtime, meet regulatory compliance, and maintain seamless operations—even in the face of unexpected disruptions. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Multiple Azure Availability Zones mapped to a Single OCI Availability Domain | You can now connect a single Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Availability Domain (parent) to multiple Azure Availability Zones, giving you greater flexibility in how you deploy and manage your resources across both clouds. This enhancement allows you to strategically place databases and applications in different Azure Availability Zones for improved redundancy, availability, and performance. Additionally, it simplifies network configuration and streamlines user interface navigation, making it easier to manage cross-cloud deployments and ensure optimal connectivity and resource placement for your workloads. |
| May 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Oracle Enterprise Manager monitoring solution | You can now rely on the availability and validated performance of the Oracle Enterprise Manager monitoring solution, ensuring that your database and infrastructure monitoring needs are fully supported. This feature provides robust, enterprise-grade monitoring capabilities, allowing you to proactively track performance, manage resources, and receive timely alerts for your Oracle Database environments. With tested and validated integration, you can be confident that your monitoring solution will deliver accurate insights, efficient troubleshooting, and continuous operational visibility—helping you maintain high availability, optimize performance, and meet compliance requirements across your deployments. |
| May 30, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Exadata resource management to Start, Stop, & Restart VM | You can now start, stop, and restart Virtual Machines within your Exadata VM cluster, giving you greater control and flexibility over your database environment. This feature allows you to manage Virtual Machine availability directly, enabling you to perform maintenance, optimize resource usage, or respond to changing workload demands—all with minimal disruption. By leveraging these management capabilities, you can ensure better uptime, streamline operations, and efficiently allocate computing resources within your Exadata infrastructure. |
| May 24, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Data Safe with Autonomous Database | You can now use Oracle Data Safe with your Oracle Database@Azure Autonomous Database service, enabling you to strengthen your database security and meet compliance requirements more effectively. With Oracle Data Safe, you gain access to a comprehensive suite of security features including security assessments that identify configuration vulnerabilities, sensitive data discovery to locate and classify personal or confidential information, and data masking to protect sensitive data in non-production environments. Additionally, you can manage user risk with advanced activity monitoring and collect audit data to support regulatory compliance and security investigations. These integrated tools provide a centralized, user-friendly solution for end-to-end database security management within your Azure-based Oracle Autonomous Databases. |
| May 23, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Autonomous Recovery Service for Exadata Database | You can now back up your Exadata Database using Autonomous Recovery Service@Azure, providing robust, automated data protection for your critical workloads. This service enables secure and reliable backups with automated scheduling, continuous monitoring, and rapid recovery capabilities, all managed directly from the Azure environment. With built-in Oracle best practices, you benefit from end-to-end encryption, streamlined backup management, and seamless integration with your Exadata infrastructure, ensuring your data is safeguarded and can be quickly restored in the event of accidental loss, corruption, or disaster. |
| May 23, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Canada Central (Toronto) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Canada Central (Toronto) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| May 21, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Autonomous Database Serverless scaling | You can now take advantage of enhanced scaling capabilities in Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless on Azure, allowing you to easily adjust ECPU and storage capacity to meet your specific needs. You have the flexibility to manually scale resources up or down directly from the Azure Portal, making it simple to optimize performance and control costs as workloads change. In addition, compute auto-scaling enables the database to automatically boost CPU and IO resources up to three times your baseline allocation during peak demand—without any manual intervention—ensuring consistent performance. Storage auto-scaling allows storage capacity to automatically expand up to three times the reserved base, so you never run out of space unexpectedly. When supported, you can also manually shrink allocated storage, giving you greater flexibility and cost efficiency in managing your database environment. |
| May 17, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the France Central (Paris) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the France Central (Paris) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| May 17, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the France Central (Paris) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the France Central (Paris) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| May 13, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the West US (DR) (Santa Clara) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the West US (DR) (Santa Clara) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| April 25, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure Exadata Virtual Machine Cluster support time zone | You can now create Exadata VM clusters on Oracle Database@Azure with the flexibility to set an individual time zone for each cluster, rather than being limited to UTC only. This enhancement allows you to select the most appropriate time zone during the provisioning process, aligning your database infrastructure with the local time preferences of your business operations, users, or regulatory requirements. By configuring an individual time zone, you can simplify scheduling, ensure correct logging and auditing, and optimize user experience for global or regionally distributed workloads. This capability provides greater control and customization for your Exadata deployments within your Azure environment. |
| April 9, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports OCI CLI commands | You can now leverage OCI Cloud Shell to conveniently run CLI commands for managing the entire lifecycle of your Oracle Database@Azure resources. With OCI Cloud Shell, you get secure, browser-based access to a pre-configured command-line environment, eliminating the need for any local software installation. This allows you to quickly perform tasks such as provisioning, configuring, scaling, monitoring, and decommissioning database resources—all from within a single, consistent interface. Integration with Oracle Database@Azure’s resource APIs means you can automate workflows, script complex operations, and streamline day-to-day administration. By using OCI Cloud Shell, you enhance efficiency, maintain security best practices, and gain centralized control over your Oracle Database deployments on Azure. |
| April 5, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure Exadata database service now supports Oracle Data Safe | You can now use Oracle Data Safe with your Oracle Database@Azure Exadata service, unlocking a comprehensive suite of security and compliance tools to safeguard your database environment. With Oracle Data Safe, you can conduct in-depth security assessments to identify configuration vulnerabilities, perform sensitive data discovery to locate and classify confidential information, and apply advanced data masking techniques to protect data in non-production environments. The service also offers user risk management, enabling you to monitor user activity and assess potential security risks, and robust audit data collection features to track database actions, support regulatory compliance, and help security investigations. This seamless integration helps you centralize database security management, streamline compliance processes, and enforce best practices for protecting critical data within your Exadata deployments on Azure. |
| April 3, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the UK South (London) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the UK South (London) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| March 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Autonomous Database Serverless | You can now provision Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S) through a private offer using split stack architecture. This capability allows you to take advantage of customized pricing and terms tailored to your organization's needs while benefiting from the enhanced separation of compute and storage provided by the split stack design. By leveraging a private offer, you gain greater flexibility in contract negotiation and procurement, while the split stack architecture provides improved scalability, isolation, and resource allocation for your workloads. This setup is ideal for organizations requiring advanced deployment options and optimized infrastructure management within Oracle Database@Azure. For more information Autonomous Database Services for Azure. |
| March 31, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Exadata in-region disaster recovery using Data Guard | You can now use Oracle Database@Azure with Oracle Exadata to enable robust in-region disaster recovery leveraging Data Guard. This feature allows you to configure standby databases within the same geographic region, ensuring your critical data is continuously protected and highly available. With Data Guard, you can automate data replication, monitor database health, and achieve rapid failover in case of any disruptions or outages. This seamless integration supports business continuity, minimizes downtime, and helps you meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements, all while managing disaster recovery operations directly from your Azure-based Exadata environment. |
| March 29, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports OCI Child tenancy linking | You can now activate Oracle Database@Azure using your existing child tenancies within the OCI organization structure, removing the requirement to create a separate parent tenancy. This enhancement streamlines deployment, allowing you to leverage your current organizational setup and governance policies for a faster and more efficient onboarding process. By supporting existing child tenancies, Oracle Database@Azure makes it easier for you to maintain centralized management, consistent access controls, and consolidated billing, all while simplifying the integration of Oracle Database services into your established OCI environment. |
| March 26, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Exadata cluster placement group | You can now take advantage of the self-serve Exadata placement feature, which lets you select specific availability zones within supported Azure regions for deploying your Exadata workloads. This gives you greater control over where your databases and applications are hosted, enabling you to optimize for low-latency network performance and align with your organization’s resilience and compliance requirements. By selecting the most suitable availability zones, you can enhance workload availability, minimize network latency for your users, and better support disaster recovery strategies—all directly from a streamlined self-service interface within Oracle Database@Azure. |
| March 18, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now supports the Germany West Central (Frankfurt) Region | You can now create Oracle Database@Azure resources in the Germany West Central (Frankfurt) Region. For more information, see Regional Availability. |
| February 29, 2024 | Oracle Database@Azure now support Exadata backup and restore to OCI Object Storage | You can now perform seamless backup and restore operations for your Exadata databases on Oracle Database@Azure using OCI Object Storage. This integrated feature allows you to securely store database backups in highly durable OCI Object Storage, providing robust data protection and simplified disaster recovery options. You can schedule regular backups, manage backup retention policies, and perform point-in-time restores directly from OCI Object Storage, ensuring your critical data is easily recoverable in case of accidental loss, corruption, or outage. This capability streamlines backup management while leveraging Oracle's enterprise-grade storage solutions for maximum reliability and scalability within your Azure and Oracle environments. |
| December 13, 2023 | Oracle Database@Azure is Generally Available | The first Oracle Database@Azure service is now generally available in the Microsoft Azure East US region, see Regional Availability. |