Our August edition is available! As usual, the various topics can be found in the following categories:
- Database & Cloud Database News
- Upcoming Events
- Release & Patch Updates
- Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
- General Information and What’s New Links
The PDF slide version can be found here.
Database & Cloud Database News
Multicloud News
- Oracle AI Database@AWS news, e.g.:
- Support for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure@AWS
- AWS Key Management Service integration for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure@AWS
- Regional availability summary
- Oracle AI Database@Azure news, e.g.:
- Support for custom SCAN listener port (TCPS) with Exadata VM Cluster
- Azure Key Vault integration for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure@Azure
- Regional availability summary
- Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud news, e.g.:
- Google Cloud Key Management integration for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure@Google Cloud
- Regional availability summary
Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless (ADB-S) news, e.g.:
- Time Travel for Apache Iceberg Tables
- Import and Export Select AI Agent Teams
GET_DEFINITIONFunctions forDBMS_CLOUDPackages- Configure HTTP Retry Behavior for
DBMS_CLOUD.SEND_REQUEST
Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure news, e.g.:
- Use a Cross-Tenancy OCI Vault and Master Encryption Key for an Autonomous Container Database
- Autonomous Container Database cloning enhancements
- View total backup storage for an Autonomous Container Database
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure news, e.g.:
- Out-of-place Grid Infrastructure update support: updates and upgrades using pre-provisioned GI homes, reducing update times and simplifying rollback compared to in-place updates
- Exadata Live Update now supports Full update and Online update for Guest VM OS Release Updates
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure news, e.g.:
- Data Guard Support to Convert Physical Standby to Snapshot Standby and Vice Versa
- New Regions and Realms for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
- Data Guard Automatic Failover for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer news, e.g.:
- Out-of-Place Grid Infrastructure Update
- Out-of-Place Restore for ExaDB-C@C
- Exadata Live Update
General News
- Oracle Database Security Central (what’s new, white paper, LiveLab)
- Retirement of Selected Base Database Service SKUs: VM.Standard.x86, Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance, and OCPU-Metered SKUs (MOS: KB921246)
- OCI Certification Learning Paths and Exams: 2026 Updates Now Available (posting)
- Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 12 (RU 12) & CSPU (what’s new)
- Database Tools in OCI (what’s new)
Upcoming Events
- Ask Tom Office Hours
- Monthly Oracle APEX Events
- ora2know event calendar
- September 2: Building an AI-Ready Enterprise (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Events)
- September 8: Oracle Developer Coaching: September News Edition (Developer Coaching Events)
- September 22: AI Cyberattacks Are Escalating: How to Secure Your Data Now (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Events)
- September 23: Exadata Meet the Experts – Vector Search on Exadata in action: AI city demo (Live Webinar)
- October 25-28: Oracle AI World 2026 (Las Vegas)
- November 17-19: DOAG Conference (Nuremberg)
- November 18-19: DOAG KI Navigator (Nuremberg)
- December 07–10: IT Tage (Frankfurt)
Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – July 2026
- Oracle Critical Security Patch Update Advisory – August 2026
- Critical Patch Updates, Critical Security Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins
- Release Schedule of Current Database Releases:
Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (PNEWS1360/742060.1):
Standard Edition(SE2) is planned to be available in October
Oracle AI Database Cloud-First, Developer-First Strategy for the 26ai Release (PNEWS1470/3068039.1)
Oracle Database (RDBMS) Releases Support Status Summary (KB112119/161818.1) - Database Release 23.26.3.0.0 Aug 2026, 21.23.0.0.260818, 19.32.0.0.260818: Primary Note for Database Quarterly Release Updates (KB106822/888.1)
- Enterprise Manager 24.1.0.12, 13.5.0.33: Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (PNEWS1689/822485.1)
- Exadata Storage Server 26.1.2.0.0, 25.2.13.0.0: Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (KB153930/888828.1), Exadata System Software Updates – August 2026
- Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 19.32: Oracle Database Appliance Documentation
- Data Pump Bundle Patch:
- 19.32,19.32 (Win only): Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (KB107134/2819284.1)
- 23.26.3: Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 23ai / 26ai (KB160561/3056856.1)
- AutoUpgrade 26.5: AutoUpgrade Tool (KB123450/2485457.1)
- OPatch 12.2.0.1.52 for DB 23.0.0.0.0 (Aug 2026): Patch 6880880
- Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) 26.8: Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) – Including Trace File Analyzer and Orachk/Exachk (KB858617/2550798.1)
- DBSAT 4.3: Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) (KB101686/2138254.1)
- SQL Developer 26.2: oracle.com/sqldev
- Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VSCode 26.2.1: download
- SQLcl 26.2.1: oracle.com/sqlcl
- ORDS 26.2.2: oracle.com/ords: release notes
- APEX 26.1.4: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/
- Python Driver 4.0.2: python-oracledb Release Notes
- Node.js Driver 7.0: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
- Instant Client Linux 23.26.3, 21.23, 19.32:
oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html - Instant Client Windows 23.26.3, 21.22, 19.32:
oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
- Oracle APEX Newsletter August 2026
- What Industry Analysts are Saying about Oracle APEX AI Application Generator (Ron Craig)
- Oracle APEX AI Application Generator: Bringing AI to Enterprise App Development (Michael Hichwa)
- How to use the Oracle Private AI Services Container LLM Service with HTTP/SSL in PL/SQL (Markus Kissling)
- Getting Started with Private Large Language Model Service – Part 1 (Doug Hood)
- Build a Controlled Cursor MCP Workflow with Oracle AI Database (Srinidhi Sathyamurthy)
- Oracle MCP Servers Explained – connecting AI to your Oracle AI Database (YouTube)
- Securing the Oracle ORDS MCP server with keycloak (Marcel Boermann-Pfeifer)
- Oracle AI Database Containers for DevOps: From Oracle Container Registry to Kubernetes (Param Saini, Shafali Bhargava, Sanjay Singh)
- AutoUpgrade New Features: The Patch Overview (Daniel Overby Hansen)
- New AutoUpgrade version 26.5 is available (plus 26.4) (Mike Dietrich)
- Data Security Without a Security Team: Oracle’s New Cloud@Customer Tier (KuppingerCole)
- Oracle AI Database 26ai: Encryption and key management from the start (Peter Wahl)
- Oracle Database 19c Now Supports TLS 1.3, Post-Quantum Cryptography, and FIPS 140-3 Mode (Vipin Samar)
- Oracle Deep Data Security Extends Authorization Across Remote Databases, Lakehouse Data, and Related Tables (Vipin Sarmar)
- Critical Security Updates Available: Upgrade to Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.18 immediately (Nazia Zaidi)
- Beyond Document Storage: Optimizing JSON Collections with Virtual Columns, Indexes, and Automatic List Partitioning (Matt DeMarco)
- PostgreSQL is a good, strong database. However enterprise AI has changed the game (Marc Staimer)
- Exascale Innovation: Faster Oracle AI Database at Lower Cost (Nathan Fuzi)
General Information and What’s New Links
General Information
- Oracle Multicloud Capabilities App
- Oracle Database@AWS
- Regional availability summary
- Oracle Database@Azure
- Regional availability summary
- Oracle Database@Google Cloud
- Regional availability summary
- Global Database Metrics for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless
- Oracle Technology Products (Oracle Lifetime Support Policy)
- Client / Server Interoperability Support Matrix for Different Oracle Versions (Doc ID 207303.1)
- When AI meets the Database: Oracle’s Vision for the Future of DBA Work (Tirthankar Lahiri @DOAG Interview)
- OCI Status for all Services
- Oracle Autonomous Database Third-Party Applications—Validation and Compatibility
- Oracle Skills (GitHub)
“What’s New” Links
- What’s new in Oracle AI Database@AWS
- What’s new in Oracle AI Database@Azure
- What’s new in Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes
- What’s New in Oracle Base Database Service
- What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless
- What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
- Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated 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
- Changes in This Release for Oracle Deep Data Security
- New Features in Enterprise Manager by Release Update
- New Features in 19c Release Updates
- Oracle AI Database 26ai Release Updates
- What’s New for Oracle AI Vector Search
- Select AI and Select AI Agent Compatibility Matrix