Our May 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 AI Database@AWS now supports the Europe (Spain) region
- Regional availability summary
- Oracle AI Database@Azure news, e.g.:
- Oracle AI Database@Azure now supports domain names up to 112 characters long
- Oracle AI Database@Azure now supports early maintenance for Oracle Autonomous AI Database in the UK South region
- More news about regional availability summary
- Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud news, e.g.:
- Oracle Expands Powerful AI Capabilities in Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud to Supercharge Enterprise Data Innovation: posting
- Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud now supports Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure and Oracle Base Database Service in both physical zones of the Frankfurt (europe-west3) region
- Regional availability summary
Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless (ADB-S) news, e.g.:
- Zero Data Loss Protection with Local Autonomous Data Guard Standby: documentation
- Migrate Data with
DBMS_CLOUD_IMPORT:documentation - Improved Outbound Connection options for Private Endpoints on Oracle Autonomous AI Database 26ai: documentation
- Multifactor Authentication in Autonomous AI Database 26ai: documentation
Oracle Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure (ADB-D):
- On‑Demand VM Snapshots for Oracle: posting
- Announcing Exadata Fleet Update support for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure: posting
- More news: what’s new
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer news, e.g.:
- ASM Disk Group Resizing: documentation
Other Database Cloud Services
- Change in Backup Destination for New Tenancies in Select OCI Regions in Oracle Base Database Service: documentation
Tools
- Announcing Oracle APEX 26.1 General Availability: posting
- Grid Infrastructure: Bye Tomcat – welcome Micronaut: posting
Database Update
- Release Update 23.26.2 : documentation
- Release Update 19.31: documentation
- Take Action Today: Protect Your Oracle Database Against AI-Enabled Cybersecurity Threats: posting
- Accelerating Vulnerability Detection and Response at Oracle: posting
- Update: Monthly Critical Security Patch Updates (CSPUs) Begin May 28, 2026: posting
Upcoming Events
- Ask Tom Office Hours
- Monthly Oracle APEX Events
- Developer Coaching Events
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Events
- DOAG Events
- June 24: Exadata Meet the Experts – Exascale demo (Live Webinar)
- October 25-28: Oracle AI World 2026 (Las Vegas)
- November 17-19: DOAG CFP open until June 8
- November 18-19: DOAG KI Navigator CFP open until June 12
- December 07–10: IT Tage (Frankfurt)
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 for DB 23.0.0.0.0 (Apr 2026): Patch 6880880
- Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) 26.3.1: (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 26.1.2: download
- SQLcl 26.1.2: oracle.com/sqlcl
- ORDS 26.1.1: oracle.com/ords: release notes
- APEX 26.1: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/
- Python Driver 4.0.1: python-oracledb Release Notes
- Node.js Driver 6.10: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
- Instant Client Linux 23.26.2, 21.21, 19.31:
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
- ADG-Topology update: import RedoRoutes, cleaner graphs, better usability (Ludovico Caldera)
- AI Comes to Exadata Sizing (Chris Craft)
- Mission-Critical in the AI Era: How Oracle AI Database Delivers Diamond-Grade Reliability for Agentic AI Workloads (Omdia research)
- Gain Agentic Access to Any Oracle Database in the Cloud with Native, Enterprise-grade Managed MCP Servers in OCI (Jeff Smith, Kris Rice)
- RU 19.31 has been put on hold and will be available soon again (Mike Dietrich)
- Sizing Database SGA for Migration to Exadata (Chris Craft)
- MCP, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni and customer migrations – Reading List (Gerald Venzl)
- Modernize Your Disaster Recovery Strategy: Multiple Standby databases with Data Guard on Oracle Cloud (Dileep Thiagarajan, Leo Alvarado)
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