EBS Certifications

Last Updated: May 23, 2019.  This summary cross-references published blog articles and the official certifications listed in the Certifications database on My Oracle Support.  Platform-specific information is available in that database.

Important: This list is maintained by hand. There may be errors or typos. If in doubt, always check the Certifications database for the final word.

⊠ Obsolete certifications: Releases no longer eligible for Extended Support or Error Correction Support. EBS users have 12 months to upgrade to the latest Fusion Middleware component patchsets, and 24 months to upgrade to the latest database components.

For dates of grace periods for specific Database or Fusion Middleware patchsets, see:

• Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Support Status and Alerts (MOS Note 329361.1)
• Error Correction Support Dates for Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g (MOS Note 1290894.1)
• Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (MOS Note 742060.1)

See the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy site for more details about Premier, Extended, and Sustaining Support levels.

Current EBS Releases

• EBS 12.1: Premier Support to December 2021
• EBS 12.2: Premier Support to At Least December 2030

Official support dates are published here:

• Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications

EBS Release Announcements

EBS Documentation

• Release 12.2 Documentation Library, Notes Roadmap
• Release 12.1 Documentation Library, Notes Roadmap
• Release 12.0 Documentation Library, Notes Roadmap
• Release 11i Documentation Library, Notes Roadmap

Oracle Database Support Dates

• Database 11.2.0.4 End of Error Correction Support: December 2020
• Database 12.1.0.2 End of Error Correction Support: July 2021
• All older database releases are out of Error Correction Support

Database Certifications: EBS Release 12.2, 12.1, 12.0 

• Database  11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.0, 12.1), 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.2), 12.1.0.1 (EBS 12.0, 12.1), 12.1.0.1 (EBS 12.2), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.0.6), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 10.2.0.2, 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.6, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.3, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2 )
• Real Application Clusters (RAC) 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1 (EBS 12.0, 12.1 only), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.0.6), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.6, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 )
• RAC One Node
• Active Data Guard Concepts, 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.1.3), 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.2.2), 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.2.3), 12.1.0.1 (EBS 12.1.3), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.2) ( ⊠ 11.1.0.7 (EBS 12.1.3), 11.2.0.2 )
• Advanced Networking Option 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1 (EBS 12.0, 12.1 only), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1)
  ( ⊠ 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 )
• Advanced Compression, (11gR1 whitepaper)
• Application Express (EBS 12.2)
• Audit Vault
• ASM with Job Role Separation (EBS 12.2)
• Database Partitioning
• Database Vault 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 )
• Data Guard Redo Apply with Physical Standby Databases 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.0, 12.1), 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.2), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1.3), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 11.1.0.7, 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.6, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 11.2.0.3, )
• Data Guard Broker
• GoldenGate For EBS 12.x/11i, For EBS 12.2
• Database In-Memory
• Native PL/SQL compilation
• Oracle Label Security (OLS)
• Oracle Connection Manager
• RAC One Node
• Real Application Testing
• SecureFiles
• Single Client Access Name (SCAN) Listeners
• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Column Encryption 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1 (EBS 12.0, 12.1 only), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.0.6), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3)
• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Tablespace Encryption Fast Offline Conversion 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.1.3, 12.2), Fast Offline Conversion 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1.3, 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 11.2.0.3, 12.1.0.1 (EBS 12.0, 12.1 only), 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.0.6) )
• Transportable Database 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.0, 12.1), 11.2.0.4 (EBS 12.2), 12.1 (EBS 12.0, 12.1), 12.1 (EBS 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1)
• Transportable Tablespaces (TTS) 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.4
• Virtual Private Database (VPD)

Database Certifications: Release 11i

• Database 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2
  ( ⊠ 9.2.0.8, 10.1.0.4, 10.1.0.5,10.2.0.2, 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.6, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 )
• Real Application Clusters (RAC) 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2
  ( ⊠ 9.2.0.8, 10.1.0.4, 10.2.0.1, 10.2.0.2, 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.6, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 )
• RAC One Node
• Advanced Networking Option 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1
  ( ⊠   10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 11.2.0.3, )
• Advanced Compression (11gR1 whitepaper)
• Active Data Guard for standby
• Audit Vault
• Cross-Platform Transportable Tablespaces (XTTS) ( ⊠ 10.2.0.4 )
• Database Partitioning
• Database Vault ( ⊠ 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 11.2.0.3 )
• GoldenGate
• Data Guard Redo Apply with Physical Standby Databases 11.2.0.4
  ( ⊠ 9.2.0.8, 10.1.0.4, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.2, 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.6, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3, )
• Native PL/SQL compilation
• Oracle Label Security (OLS)
• RAC One Node
• Real Application Testing
• SecureFiles
• Single Client Access Name (SCAN) Listeners
• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Column Encryption 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2
  ( ⊠ 10.2.0.2, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3, )
• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Tablespace Encryption 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2
  ( ⊠ 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 )
• Transportable Database 11.2.0.4 ( ⊠ 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.7 )
• Transportable Tablespaces (TTS) 11.2.0.4
• Virtual Private Database (VPD)

Internal Application Server Tier Certifications: EBS 12.2

• Forms 10.1.2.3
• WLS 11gR1 Patchset 5 (10.3.6)
• WebTier Utilities: 11.1.1.7, 11.1.1.9, ( ⊠ 11.1.1.6 )
• Java SE (JDK) 7

Internal Application Server Tier Certifications: EBS 12.0, 12.1 (Rapid Install component versions)

• Forms: Oracle Application Server 10g 10.1.2.3 (⊠ 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2)
• OC4J: Oracle Application Server 10g 10.1.3.5 (⊠ 10.1.3.0.0, 10.1.3.3, 10.1.3.4)
• Java SE (JDK) 6 generically, 6 for Forms & Reports Oracle_HOME, 7

Internal Application Server Tier Certifications: EBS 11i

• Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2.2.2
• Forms Patchset 19 ( ⊠ 15, 16, 17, 18)
• Java SE (JDK) 6 ( ⊠ 1.3, 1.4, 5)
• Oracle JDBC 9iR2 9.2.0.8

Optional External Integrations: EBS 12.2, 12.1, 12.0

• Oracle Access Manager: 12.2.1.3 (EBS 12.2, 12.1), 11.1.2.3
  ( ⊠ 10.1.4.3, 11.1.1.5 BP03, 11.1.1.5 BP 04, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.5 BP01 11.1.1.7, 11.1.2.0.0, 11.1.2.1.0, 11.1.2.2  )
• Oracle Application Server (SOA) Adapter for Oracle Applications
  ( ⊠ 10.1.3.3, 10.1.3.4, 10.1.3.5, 11.1.1.1.0, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3 )
• Oracle Application Testing Suite 9.0, 9.1
• Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
• Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
• Oracle Data Integrator
• Oracle Discoverer 11.1.1.7
  ( ⊠ 4i, 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3 and Cumulative Patchsets, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.4, 11.1.1.6 )
• Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle GoldenGate
• Oracle Identity Federation (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle Identity Manager Connector Pack (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle Internet Directory 11.1.1.9
  ( ⊠ 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.0.1, 10.1.4.2, 10.1.4.3, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.4, 11.1.1.5, 11.1.1.6, 11.1.1.7)
• Oracle Portal ( ⊠ 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.1, 10.1.4.2, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.4, 11.1.1.6 )
• Oracle Single Sign-On  (⊠ 10.1.4.3, 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.0.1, 10.1.4.2 )
• Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) 11.1.2.2 (⊠ 10.1.8.2, 10.1.8.4)
• Oracle SOA Suite (for custom development external to EBS)
• Oracle Traffic Director 11.1.1.9, 12c
• Oracle Unified Directory 11.1.2.3 (EBS 12.2)
• Oracle Virtual Directory (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle WebCenter Portal 12.2.1.3 (EBS 12.1 & 12.2), 11.1.1.9 (EBS 12.1), 11.1.1.9 (EBS 12.2)
  ( ⊠ 10.1.3.3, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.4, 11.1.1.5, 11.1.1.6, 11.1.1.7, 11.1.1.8 (EBS 12.0, 12.1), 11.1.1.8 (EBS 12.2))
• Oracle Web Cache ⊠ 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3, 10.1.3.4 )
• Prepackaged Oracle integrations for Oracle BPEL 11.1.1.7 [Dec 2018], 11.1.1.9, 12.1.3 (EBS 12.2), 12.1.3 (EBS 12.1.3), 12.2.1 (EBS 12.2), 12.2.1 (EBS 12.1.3), 12.2.1.2, 12.2.1.3 (EBS 12.1.3)
  ( ⊠ 10.1.3.4, 10.1.3.5, 11.1.1.2,  11.1.1.4, 11.1.1.5, 11.1.1.6)

Optional External Integrations: EBS 11i

• Oracle Access Manager: 11.1.2.3
  ( ⊠ 10.1.4.3, 11.1.2.0.0, 11.1.2.2, 11.1.2.1)
• Oracle Application Server (SOA) Adapter for Oracle Applications
  ( ⊠ 10.1.3.3, 10.1.3.4, 10.1.3.5, 11.1.1.1.0, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3 )
• Oracle Application Testing Suite 9.0, 9.1
• Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
• Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
• Oracle Data Integrator
• Oracle Discoverer 11.1.1.7
  ( ⊠ 4i, 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3 and Cumulative Patchsets, 11.1.1.6, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.4 )
• Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle GoldenGate
• Oracle Identity Federation (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle Identity Manager Connector Pack (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle Internet Directory 11.1.1.9
  ( ⊠ 3.0.1, 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.0.1, 10.1.4.2, 10.1.4.3, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.4, 11.1.1.5, 11.1.1.6, 11.1.1.7)
• Oracle Portal ( ⊠ 10.1.4.1, 11.1.1.6, 3.0.9, 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.0.1, 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3, 11.1.1.4)
• Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) ( ⊠ 10.1.8.4)
• Oracle Single Sign-On ( ⊠ 10.1.4.3, 3.0.9, 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2, 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.0.1, 10.1.4.2)
• Oracle SOA Suite (for custom development external to EBS)
• Oracle Virtual Directory (via Oracle Access Manager)
• Oracle Web Cache ( ⊠ 10.1.2.3, 10.1.2.0.2, 10.1.2.2)

EBS Client Certifications: Java Runtime Environment

All JRE 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8 updates are automatically certified with all supported EBS releases

• Java Web Start:  EBS 12.2, EBS 12.1
• Latest JRE releases available:
  • JRE 8: 1.8.0_211/212
  • JRE 7: 1.7.0_221
• All JRE 7 and 8 users must sign EBS JAR files now
• ⊠ Oracle JInitiator 1.1.8.22 through 1.1.8.27; 1.3.1.21 through 1.3.1.30
• ⊠ JRE 1.6.0 all releases, 1.5.0_12 and higher 1.5 releases

EBS Client Certifications: Windows 

• Windows 10
• Windows 8
• Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit, Service Pack 1
• Windows Vista, Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) [Apr 2017]
• ⊠ Windows XP, XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows 2000
• Windows 10 Service Branches
• Windows Supersedence
• Windows Monthly Rollups
• Microsoft Unified Update Platform

EBS Client Certifications: Windows-based Browsers

• Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 11 ( for EBS 12.1.3, for EBS 12.2.x, 12.0.6, for EBS 11.5.10.2 )
  ( ⊠ IE 6, 7, 8 ( for R12, for 11i, 64-bit ), 9 ( 32-bit, 64-bit ), 10 )
• Microsoft Edge for EBS 12.1 and 12.2
• Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 52 (EBS 12.1 and 12.2 only), 45 (EBS 12.1 and 12.2 only),
  ( ⊠ 2, 3.0, 3.5, 3.6, ESR 10, ESR 17, ESR 24, 31, 38 (EBS 11i and 12.2 only) )
• Google Chrome 35

EBS Client Certifications: Windows-based Office

• Office 365 ProPlus
• Office 2016 (EBS 12.2)
• Office 2016 (EBS 12.1.3)
• Office 2013 (EBS 12.2)
• Office 2013 (EBS 12.1.3)
• Office 2013 (EBS 12.0.6)
• Office 2013 (EBS 11.5.10.2)
• Office 2010 (32-Bit)
• Office 2010 (64-Bit)
• Office 2007
• ⊠ Office 2003

EBS Client Certifications: Apple Mac OS X and iOS

• Apple iPads
• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) with Safari 2, 3
• Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) with Safari 3, 4, 5 (EBS 12 only)
• Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) with Safari 4, 5 (EBS 12 only)
• Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) with Safari 5, 6 (EBS 12 only)
• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) with Safari 6 (EBS 12 only)
• Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) with Safari 7 (EBS 12 only)
• Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) with Safari 8 (EBS 12 only), Safari 9 (EBS 12.x only)
• Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) with Safari 9 (EBS 12.x only)
• macOS 10.12 (Sierra) with Safari 10 (EBS 12.1, 12.2 only)
• macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) with Safari 11 (EBS 12.1, 12.2 only)
• macOS 10.12 (Sierra) with Safari 11 (EBS 12.1, 12.2 only)
• macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) with Safari 11 (EBS 12.1, 12.2 only)

EBS Client Certifications: Android-based Browsers

• Google Chrome 35

For full details about certified desktop browser configurations, see:

• Recommended Browsers for Oracle Applications 11i (Note 285218.1)
• Upgrading Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) with Oracle Applications 11i for Windows Clients (Note 290807.1)
• Recommended Browsers for Oracle Applications 12 (Note 389422.1)
• Upgrading JRE Plugin with Oracle Applications R12 (Note 393931.1)
• Oracle E-Business Suite Release Notes Release 12 for Apple Macintosh OS X version 10.5 and 10.6 (Note 864552.1)

Other EBS Certifications

• Daylight Savings Time (DST) Timezone definitions:  latest is DSTv33
• Elliptic Curve Cryptography Certificates  EBS 12.2, EBS 12.1
• Exadata Database Machine V2, Whitepapers
• Exalogic Elastic Cloud
• HTTPOnly Cookie Flag EBS 12.2
• HTTP Strict Transport  Security (HSTS), EBS 12.2, EBS 12.1
• Nosniff:  EBS 12.2 and EBS 12.1
• Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS2) for Linux: EBS 12.1, EBS 12.2
• Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6, 5
• Oracle VM 2.2, 3 (⊠ 2.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5)
• Oracle VMs for EBS (Templates vs. Appliances) 12.1.3 (Appliance), 12.2.2 (Template), 12.2.3 (Appliance), 12.2.4 (Appliance),  12.2.6 (Appliance), 12.2.7 (Appliance), 12.2.8 (Appliance)
• Oracle Exalogic VMs for EBS 12.1.3 (Template), 12.2.3 (Template), 12.2.4 (Template)
• IPv6
• SAN and Wildcard Certificates (EBS 12.1)
• Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) SHA-2 (EBS 12.2), SHA-2 (EBS 12.1), SHA-2 (EBS 11i)
• Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-256) Certificates for Web ADI and Report Manager Valid to 2018, Valid to 2020
• Transport Layer Security (TLS) TLS 1.0, TLS 1.2 (EBS 12.2), TLS 1.2 (EBS 12.1), TLS for XML Gateway
• Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer with Cloud Email (e.g. Office 365, Gmail)

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c

• Application Management Pack / Oracle E-Business Suite Plug-in 13.1.1.1 (EM 13r1), 13.1.1.1 (EM 13r2), Bundle Patch 1 (Oct 2017)

Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

• Application Management Pack / Oracle E-Business Suite Plug-in 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2, 12.1.0.3, 12.1.0.4, 12.1.0.4 BP3,

⊠ Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11gR1

• Applications Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager 4.0
• Application Change Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager 4.0
• Data Masking Pack with EBS Templates: EM 11g, 12.1.0.2 (EBS 12.1.3), 12.1.0.3 (EBS 12.1.3), 12.1.0.5 (EBS 12.1.3), 13c (EBS 12.2), 13c (EBS 12.1)

⊠ Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10gR5

• ⊠ Applications Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager  3.0, 3.1
• ⊠ Application Change Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager 3.0, 3.1

⊠ Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10gR4

• ⊠ Applications Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager 2.0.2, 3.0
• ⊠ Application Change Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager 3.0

⊠  Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10gR3

• ⊠ Applications Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager 2.0, 2.0.1