Oracle Database Monthly News – July 2025 – Quick Links

Database & Cloud Database News

• Oracle to Invest U.S. $2 Billion in AI and Cloud Infrastructure in Germany: press release
• Oracle to invest $3 billion in AI, cloud expansion in Germany, Netherlands: Reuters
• Oracle Database@AWS Now Generally Available: press release 
• Azure Key Vault Integration for Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure: documentation
• Data Safe support for Oracle Database@Google Cloud: documentation
• Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S) July news such as
  • Customer-Managed Keys Support for Refreshable Clones
  • Select AI Extends Support to AI Providers
  • Documentation Addition: Best Practices for Application Availability During Maintenance
• New Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Redwood UI: release notes
• Exadata Fleet Update Now Supports Exadata Database Service Upgrades: blog posting
• Oracle Key Vault 21.11 adds key management for Exadata Database Service and secrets management for Oracle GoldenGate: blog posting
• Oracle Certification News: “Race to Certification 2025”: blog posting, program
• SQLcl 25.2 as Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: release notes, YouTube, website
• Release Update 23.9 Features: new features
• Release Update 19.28 Features: new features 

Upcoming Events

• Ask Tom Office Hours events
• Monthly events from Oracle and the APEX Community
• August 7: MongoDB to Oracle – A Simple Switch That Enables Real-Time Analytics and AI (Developer Coaching Webinars) 
• August 14: MongoDB to Oracle – Switch and Use AI Directly on Your Data and in Your App (Developer Coaching Webinars) 
• September 23: Exadata meets the Experts
• October 13-16: Oracle Cloud World – Las Vegas
• November 18-21: DOAG 2025 Conference + Exhibition – Nuremberg 
• November 18-19: DOAG Low-Code Creator – Nuremberg 
• November 19-20: KI Navigator – Nuremberg 
• December 8-12: IT Tage – Frankfurt am Main

Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold

• Critical Patch Update Advisor: https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2025.html
• Release Schedule of Current Database Releases: Doc ID 742060.1, Oracle Database Release Roadmap, Doc ID 3068039.1

• Database Release 23.9.0.25.07, 21.19.0.0.250715, 19.28.0.0.250715: Primary Note for Database Quarterly Release Updates (Doc ID 888.1)

• Enterprise Manager 24.1.0.3, 13.5.0.27: Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (Doc ID 822485.1)

• Exadata Storage Server 25.2.0.0.0, 25.1.7.0.0, 24.1.14.0.0: Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (Doc ID 888828.1), Announcing Exadata System Software 25ai Release 25.2

• Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 19.27: Oracle Database Appliance Documentation

• Data Pump Bundle Patch 

  • 19.28,19.27 (Win only) Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (Doc ID 2819284.1)

  • 23.9: Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 23ai (Doc ID 3056856.1)

• AutoUpgrade 25.3.20250509: AutoUpgrade Tool (Doc ID 2485457.1)

• OPatch 12.2.0.1.47: Patch 6880880

• Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) 25.6.1: Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) – Including TFA and ORAchk/EXAchk (Doc ID 2550798.1)

• DBSAT 3.1.0: Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool(DBSAT)(Doc ID 2138254.1)

• SQL Developer 24.3.1: oracle.com/sqldev

• Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VSCode 25.2.1: download

• SQLcl 25.2.1: oracle.com/sqlcl

  • Oracle SQLcl Support Timeline

• ORDS 25.2.1: oracle.com/ords

  • Oracle REST Data Services Support Timeline

• APEX 24.2.7: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/

• Python Driver 3.2.0: python-oracledb Release Notes

• Node.js Driver 6.8: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb

• Instant Client Linux 23.8, 21.18, 19.27: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html

• Instant Client Windows 23.8, 21.18, 19.27: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html

Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications

• AI

  • Next-Gen Data Search: Integrating AI Vector Search into Search Configurations (Roopesh Thokala)

  • Indexing Guidelines with AI Vector Search (Andy Rivenes)

  • Fun with custom vector distance and Oracle Database 23ai (Francisco Alvarez)

  • Introducing MCP Server for Oracle Database (Jeff Smith, Kris Rice)

  • Introducing SQL Developer Copilot Integration in Microsoft VSCode and MCP Support for Oracle Database (YouTube)

  • Oracle’s New MCP Server: Powering AI Agents for Enterprise Data (AIMindUpdate)

  • Research Note: Oracle Introduces MCP Server for Oracle Database

• Multicloud

  • Oracle DatabaseWorld: Multicloud AI Edition Watch On Demand

  • Announcing Oracle ZDM Migrations to Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@AWS (Sinan Petrus Toma, Ricardo Gonzalez, Roy Rodan)

  • Announcing Oracle ZDM Migrations to Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@AWS (Sinan Petrus Toma, Ricardo Gonzalez, Roy Rodan)

  • Exploring NFS Storage Options for Oracle ZDM Migrations to Oracle Database@AWS (Sinan Petrus Toma, Ricardo Gonzalez, Roy Rodan)

  • Empower Your Encryption Strategy using Azure Key Vault for Oracle Database@Azure (Pravin Jha)

  • Multi-cloud Globally Distributed Data Access using Table Hyperlinks in Oracle Autonomous Database (John McHugh)

• Developers

  • Do it yourself — next step Oracle APEX DevOps with SQLcl Projects part4 (Sonja Meyer)

  • SQL Notebooks in Oracle SQL Developer for VS Code (Jeff Smith)

  • Oracle’s New MCP Server: Powering AI Agents for Enterprise Data (AIMindUpdate)

  • What’s new for Developers in Oracle Database 23.8 (Gerald Venzl)

  • Developer News July (YouTube)

• Exadata & Exascale

  • Advantages of Exascale (Christian Craft)

  • Exadata Exascale Best Practices for Database Snapshots and Clones (White Paper)

• Backup & Recovery

  • Oracle Database 23ai Recovery Manager (RMAN) New Features Part 2 – Celebrating Three Decades of Data Protection & More! (Gagan Singh)

  • Responding to the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with Oracle Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service (ZRCV) (Alex Goldblatt)

• Patching & Upgrade

  • Announcing Oracle Update Advisor: Accurate Guidance with Streamlined Access for Software Health (Philippe Fierens)

  • New Features and Release Updates in 19c and 23ai (Ulrike Schwinn)

  • The Easiest Way To Download Patches for Oracle Grid Infrastructure (Daniel Overby Hansen)

  • How To Install Data Pump Bundle Patch On Running Database Without Downtime (Daniel Overby Hansen)

• More

  • Give SCOTT/TIGER Teeth: Oracle Database Multifactor Authentication (MFA) is Here (Alan Williams)

  • ORAWORLD July 2025, Edition #35

  • Oracle Database 23ai playlist (YouTube)

  • Compiled 23ai links on Github

General Information  

• Oracle Technology Products (Oracle Lifetime Support Policy)
• Client / Server Interoperability Support Matrix for Different Oracle Versions (Doc ID 207303.1)
• OCI Status for all Services
• Cloud Services Quick Reference
• Oracle Autonomous Database Third-Party Applications—Validation and Compatibility

What’s New Links

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes
• What’s New in Oracle Base Database Service
• What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database on Shared Exadata Infrastructure
• What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure
• What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer
• What’s New for Oracle Data Safe
• New Features in Enterprise Manager by Release Update
• New Features in 19c Release Updates
• New Features in 23ai Release Updates
• What’s New for Oracle AI Vector Search