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Oracle Software on Microsoft Azure

Deploy your Oracle Database or WebLogic Server on Oracle Linux—available now in the Azure image marketplace.

Oracle and Microsoft are working together to help customers embrace cloud computing by providing the world class mission-critical business software of Oracle running on Azure, the leading public cloud platforms of Microsoft.

Oracle delivers

Microsoft and Oracle now provide best in class, end to end, support for customers running Oracle software on Azure. Use your existing licenses to run Oracle software on Oracle Linux on Azure and receive full support from Oracle.
Whether you’re an Oracle admin or a Java developer, you now have increased flexibility and choice in where to deploy your applications and the safety and security that comes from knowing you will be fully supported by Oracle.
The following is a list of the available pre-configured Oracle Virtual Machine images that run on Oracle Linux on Azure. Users are expected to bring your own license for these images, as Oracle license fees are not included in the usage of these preconfigured VM images. Here are complete details on Oracle licensing on Azure

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/oracle/

 Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Enterprise Edition is a leading Java EE application server, delivering next-generation applications on a mission-critical cloud platform, with native cloud management, and integrated tools.
 Oracle Linux 7.0.0.0 delivers extreme performance, advanced scalability, and reliability for enterprise applications and systems. Optimized for enterprise workloads, Oracle Linux is the only operating system to offer zero-downtime updates.
 Oracle Database 12c Standard Edition is an affordable, full-featured data management solution that is ideal for midsize companies
 Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition (12.1.0.1.0) is a next-generation database designed for the cloud. It offers more than 500 new features including a new multitenant architecture that simplifies consolidating databases onto the cloud and enables customers to manage many databases as one without changing their applications. Customers can choose a wide range of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition options to deliver on business users' performance, security, big data, cloud, and availability service-level expectations.

How is support for Oracle delivered?

For customers who have Oracle software licenses and support, Oracle delivers support directly to the customers running the Oracle software on Azure.  https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/cloud/faq-1963009.html

How to deploy it

Deploy Virtual Machines based on Oracle images, log into the Azure Portal, click on the Marketplace, click Compute, then type Oracle into the search box. Choose an Image and follow the instructions to set up the image on Microsoft Azure. Note that Oracle images by Oracle in the Azure Portal run on Oracle Linux and Oracle images by Microsoft run on Windows