Microsoft Events and Muneer Mirza present a Microsoft Ignite 2025 session showing how enterprises can modernize Oracle workloads on Azure, leveraging both Oracle and native Azure AI technologies for business transformation.

Modernizing Oracle Workloads with Oracle Database@Azure and Native Azure AI Services

Session Overview

This session from Microsoft Ignite 2025 details how organizations are modernizing mission-critical Oracle workloads by deploying Oracle Database@Azure directly within Microsoft Azure. Key focus areas include high performance, availability, and security, all backed by Oracle Exadata Database Service and the emerging Autonomous AI Database.

Key Topics Covered

• Oracle Strengths on Azure: Performance, high availability, security, and reliability of Oracle solutions in the Azure cloud environment.
• Real-Life Architectures: Features a high-availability, secure architecture built with Oracle Database@Azure, highlighting architectural diagrams and deployment patterns.
• Data Backup and Storage: Solutions for data backup and long-term retention, including leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Azure regions.
• Customer Case Study – Conduent & EZPass: Examines how a large-scale tolling system utilizes Oracle’s strengths on Azure for high-security, mission-critical requirements.
• AI-Driven Insights and New Opportunities: How combining Oracle’s databases with native Azure AI services empowers organizations to extract value and make data-driven decisions.
• Looking Ahead: Oracle AI Database 26ai: Announcements regarding Oracle’s roadmap for data management and next-generation, AI-enhanced capabilities.
• Autonomous AI Lakehouse: Introduction of the new Autonomous AI Lakehouse, designed to provide instant, interactive, and secure data conversations by unifying analytical and operational data.

Practical Learnings

• Steps to migrate and deploy Oracle workloads on Azure while ensuring operational excellence
• Leveraging Azure-native analytics and AI services on enterprise data sets
• Building secure, compliant cloud architectures for highly regulated industries
• Accelerating business transformation by unlocking AI-driven operational and analytical insights

Additional Resources

• Microsoft Ignite On-Demand Sessions
• Documentation on Oracle Database@Azure and Azure AI service integration

Speakers

• Muneer Mirza, Oracle solutions expert

By combining the strengths of Oracle and Azure, enterprises can simplify migration, leverage existing investments, and enable new data-driven innovations through advanced AI technologies.