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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 server2013 SP1 HR1v8v8.5
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2YNN
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1YNN
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2NYN
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP3NNP
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1NYN
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP2NNY
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP1NNY
Microsoft Azure SQL databaseNYY
AWS RDS-MSSQL 2012NYP
AWS RDS-MSSQL 2016NNY
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 patch set 10.2.0.5DrNN

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 patch set 11.2.0.3 with one of the following patches applied:

  • For Linux/UNIX systems: PSU 11.2.0.3.2
  • For Windows systems: 11.2.0.3 Patch 2 or higher (for Windows)
DrNN
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 patch set 11.2.0.4YYY
Oracle Database 12c patch set 12.1.0.1YNN
Oracle Database 12c patch set 12.1.0.2NYY
IBM DB2 Server 9.7DrNN