Our April 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.:
- Oracle Base Database Service support in both physical zones of the France Central (Paris) region
- Cross-Region Dataguard support for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure with Azure Key Vault (AKV)
- Oracle GoldenGate support in additional regions
- Regional availability summary
- Oracle AI Database@Azure news, e.g.:
- Cross-Region Dataguard support for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
- Regional availability summary
- Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud news, e.g.:
- Autonomous Data Guard support for Autonomous AI Database in API (CLI and Terraform)
- Cross-Region Dataguard support for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure with Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS)
- Regional availability summary
Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless (ADB-S) April news, e.g.:
- Extend Select AI translate support to Google, AWS, and Azure: documentation
- Oracle Spatial Studio: documentation
- Secret-Based Password Authentication for Autonomous AI Database Users: documentation
- Granular Permissions for Autonomous AI Database Policies: documentation
Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-D) April news, e.g.:
- Additional log support for OCI Logging Service: documentation
- Provision an Autonomous Container Database with 19c or 26ai database software version in the same Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster: documentation
- Key Management Using an External Keystore: documentation
- Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS Key Management Support with Cross-Region Data Guard: documentation
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer April news, e.g.:
- Exadata Storage Server X11M Extreme Flash (EF): documentation
Other Database Cloud Services
- Multiple Standby Databases using Oracle Data Guard on Oracle Base Database Service: documentation
- Cross-Service Data Guard Operations for Oracle Database 19c in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure: documentation
Tools
- Zero Downtime Migration Release 26.1: oracle.com, documentation
- Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 08 (RU 08): documentation
General
- Oracle AI Database Raises the Bar for Availability and Security Across Mission-Critical Workloads: press release
- Oracle Key Vault 21.14: documentation
- TimesTen In-Memory Database 26.1: blog announcement
- April 2026 Critical Patch Update: announcement
Upcoming Events
- Ask Tom Office Hours
- Monthly Oracle APEX Events
- Developer Coaching Events
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Events
- DOAG Events
- April 29: Next-Level OCI: Enhancing Developer Productivity with CI Compose, OCDK, and VS Code (Developer Coaching)
- April 29: Advanced Edition: Upgrade, Migration and Patching to Oracle AI Database 26ai and 19c (London)
- May 5: DB Masters Event 2026 (Vienna)
- May 11/May 12: Extreme Edition: Upgrade, Migration and Patching to Oracle AI Database 26ai (May 11 in Utrecht/May 12 in Brussels)
- May 6/May 12: Simplify OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) Node Management with Karpenter (Live Webinar)
- May 19: Exadata meets the Experts (Live Webinar)
- May 18/19: DOAG Database (Heide Park Soltau)
- May 18-20: APEX Connect (Heide Park Soltau)
- DOAG CFP open until June 8
Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – April 2026: Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) Apr 2026 for Oracle Database Products (CPU58), Executive Summary and Analysis (CPU56)
- Release Schedule of Current Database Releases:
(PNEWS1360) Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (742060.1)
(PNEWS1470) Oracle AI Database Cloud-First, Developer-First Strategy for the 26ai Release
(3068039.1)
(KB112119) Oracle Database (RDBMS) Releases Support Status Summary (161818.1) - Database Release 23.26.2.0.0, 21.22.0.0.260421, 19.31.0.0.260421: (KB106822) Primary Note for Database Quarterly Release Updates (888.1)
- Enterprise Manager 24.1.0.8, 13.5.0.29: (PNEWS1689) Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (822485.1)
- Exadata Storage Server 25.2.9.0.0, 25.1.16.0.0: (KB153930) Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (888828.1)
- Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 19.30: Oracle Database Appliance Documentation
- Data Pump Bundle Patch:
- 19.31,19.30 (Win only): (KB107134) Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (2819284.1)
- 23.26.2: (KB160561) Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 23ai / 26ai (3056856.1)
- AutoUpgrade 26.3: (KB123450) AutoUpgrade Tool (2485457.1)
- OPatch 12.2.0.1.51: Patch 6880880
- Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) 26.3.0: (KB858617) Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) – Including Trace File Analyzer and Orachk/Exachk (2550798.1)
- DBSAT 4.2: (KB101686) Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) (2138254.1)
- SQL Developer 24.3.1: oracle.com/sqldev
- Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VSCode 26.1.1: download
- SQLcl 26.1.0: oracle.com/sqlcl
- ORDS 26.1.0: oracle.com/ords: release notes
- APEX 24.2.15: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/
- Python Driver 3.4.2: python-oracledb Release Notes
- Node.js Driver 6.10: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
- Instant Client Linux 23.26.1, 21.21, 19.30:
oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html - Instant Client Windows 23.26.1, 21.20, 19.30:
oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
- Raising the Standard for Mission-Critical Availability and Security in the Age of AI (Ashish Ray)
- Introducing Private Agent Factory: Unlocking the Agentic AI Potential in Enterprises with Oracle AI Database 26ai (Sanjay Goil)
- Introducing Oracle Deep Data Security: Identity-Aware Data Access Control for Agentic AI in Oracle AI Database 26ai (Roger Wigenstam)
- JSON_TABLE Meets 26ai: Metadata, Ubiquitous Search, and Hybrid Vector Search (Ulrike Schwinn)
- Scaling Agentic AI: Why Transactional Messaging and a Converged Database Matter (Nithin Thekkupadam Narayanan)
- Maintain Application Read Availability as a bonus from Oracle True Cache while boosting App Performance! (Ilam Siva)
- Introducing Oracle Database Security Central: Taking Control of Database Security Across Your Fleet (Vipin Samar)
- Data Guard 26ai – #28: Fast-Start Failover Validation (Ludovico Caldara)
- 2X to 9X Higher Oracle Data Guard Redo Transport Throughput (Ludovico Caldara)
- Accelerated Recovery for Minimal Impact with Oracle AI Database 26ai (Markus Michalewicz, Sinan Petrus Toma)
- Scaling Enterprise AI workloads with Oracle AI Database 26ai and RAC (Anil Nair, Markus Michalewicz)
- Announcing Oracle Zero Downtime Migration 26.1 (Sinan Petrus Toma)
- Oracle APEX Newsletter April 2026
- Oracle Developer Coaching: April News Edition (YouTube)
- Announcing Oracle AI Database Operator for Kubernetes v2.1.0 (Shefali Bhargava, Param Saini, Sanjay Singh)
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
- 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
- Oracle Autonomous Database Third-Party Applications—Validation and Compatibility
“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
- 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