Content Delivery database server support history
The SDL Web 8.5 Content Delivery databases (Content Data Store and Experience Manager database) have changed software prerequisites compared to SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 HR1 or SDL Web 8 with Cumulative Update 1 applied. If your current version of Oracle or SQL Server is not supported, upgrade it before upgrading the databases.
In the following table: N=not supported, Y=supported, D=Deprecated (support may be dropped in the following version release), Dr=Dropped (support is definitely dropped in the following version release), P=Probably dropped (support is probably dropped in the following version release):
| Database server | 2013 SP1 HR1 | v8 | v8.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2 | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP3 | N | N | P |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1 | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP2 | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP1 | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft Azure SQL database | N | Y | Y |
| AWS RDS-MSSQL 2012 | N | Y | P |
| AWS RDS-MSSQL 2016 | N | N | Y |
| Oracle Database 10g Release 2 patch set 10.2.0.5 | Dr | N | N |
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 patch set 11.2.0.3 with one of the following patches applied:
| Dr | N | N |
| Oracle Database 11g Release 2 patch set 11.2.0.4 | Y | Y | Y |
| Oracle Database 12c patch set 12.1.0.1 | Y | N | N |
| Oracle Database 12c patch set 12.1.0.2 | N | Y | Y |
| IBM DB2 Server 9.7 | Dr | N | N |