This topic is close to my heart because, as a former Oracle PL/SQL developer, I’ve often voiced concerns about replacing the Oracle database engine in the cloud with alternatives. I’m eager to see what’s changed since I tested this joint solution by Oracle and Microsoft 2 years ago.
I have connected a Database Admin Azure VM running Oracle’s SQL Developer (Windows version) and a Microsoft Power Platform application displaying Oracle’s HR demo schema (via on-premises data gateway on Azure VM connecting with Power Platform’s Oracle Premium Connector) to the same Oracle Database hosted on OCI.
As part of my multi-cloud research, I wanted to test Oracle Database Service for Azure. In this article, you will see how to sign up for the new service and how to link Oracle and Azure accounts. I used Frankfurt datacenters, Azure MSDN, and OCI paid account (Free Tier does not work) using my private Azure Active Directory.