After the recent announcement from Microsoft and Oracle for support and certification of Oracle on Windows Azure, The first Preview & Full release are now ready to use in the image gallery. These include:
• Oracle Weblogic Server 12c Enterprise on WS2012
• Oracle Database 12c Enterprise on WS2012
• Oracle Database 12c & Weblogic Server 12c on WS2012
• Oracle Weblogic 12c Standard on WS2012
• Oracle Database 12c Standard on WS2012
• Java Platform Standard 6 on WS2012
• Java Platform Standard 7 on WS2012
• Oracle Weblogic 11g Enterprise on WS2012
• Oracle Weblogic 11g Standard on WS2012
• Oracle WebLogic 12c Enterprise on Oracle Linux
• Oracle Database 12c Enterprise on Oracle Linux
• Oracle Database 12c Standard on Oracle Linux
The three most interesting services are highlighted in bold are support of Oracle Linux, the first images in the Azure Gallery to support Oracle Unbreakable Linux and are in full release for production use.
License Mobility from Oracle means you can bring your own license, or quickly spin up a Virtual Machine with a license already included to take advantage of the on-demand infrastructure scaling provided by Windows Azure.