Red Hat announced Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss
EAP) on Microsoft Azure, enabling organizations to tap into the benefits of a
cloud-based architecture for modernizing their existing Jakarta EE (previously
Java EE) applications and building new ones on Azure. Today, JBoss EAP is
available as a native offering in Azure that comes fully configured and ready
to run, and will also be available soon as a fully supported runtime in Azure App
Service that is managed by Microsoft.
Java continues to be an immensely popular programming language, with an
estimated 8 million developers worldwide and steady growth in the use of
Jakarta EE to accelerate application development for the cloud. As a leading
open source Jakarta EE-compliant application server, JBoss EAP offers Java
developers powerful management and automation capabilities designed to improve
productivity, and a lightweight architecture for building and deploying modern
cloud-native applications.
By bringing
JBoss EAP to Azure, Red Hat is easing the shift to the cloud and giving
organizations greater choice and flexibility in how they plan for the future.
Customers can bring existing applications to Azure-including JBoss EAP
applications running on-premises or other Jakarta EE applications running on
different application servers-choosing how they want to manage business
critical, Java-based applications in the cloud.
With JBoss EAP on Microsoft Azure, customers can:
- Develop modern Jakarta EE
apps. Using JBoss EAP with Azure's broad and complementary services,
customers are able to create cloud-native applications that are flexible,
scalable and more secure. They can build these on JBoss EAP and take
advantage of support through Red Hat Runtimes.
- Run JBoss EAP in the
environment that best meets their needs. Available as both a hosted
and customer-managed offering, customers can run applications with JBoss
EAP on Azure virtual machines (VMs) through
the Azure Marketplace, or adopt a hosted JBoss EAP offering through
Azure App Service (public preview), with flexible, on-demand pricing. For
customers looking for container-based solutions, JBoss EAP is also
supported on Azure
Red Hat OpenShift.
- Cost savings opportunity.
Shifting Java applications to the cloud can help reduce costs associated
with managing on-premise data centers, including IT infrastructure,
operating systems and storage. In doing so, it can help shift large,
upfront capital expenses to more predictable operational expenses.
- Have greater confidence.
JBoss EAP on Azure combines the open source expertise of Red Hat and the
public cloud strength of Microsoft, and is jointly supported by both
companies.
"Red Hat and Microsoft have long been strategic partners. Red Hat JBoss
Enterprise Application Platform continues to be the cornerstone of Red Hat's
commitment to enterprise Java, and Red Hat is the trusted leader in both open
source and Java. By offering JBoss EAP on Azure, we are combining the best of
our areas of expertise and enabling customers to successfully choose how they
want to manage applications on the cloud." --
Rich Sharples, senior director, Product Management, Red Hat
"As two of the biggest names in enterprise software, it just makes sense that
we have such a strong relationship with Red Hat. Bringing JBoss EAP to Azure
customers means not only faster time to market and remaining competitive, but
also yields more options for building, deploying, and managing a security-focused
cloud environment that meets business needs today while adapting for future
change." --
Martijn Verburg, principal group manager, Microsoft