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Content Manager database server support history

The Content Manager database in SDL Web 8.5 has a number of changed software prerequisites compared to the databases in 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, you need to upgrade your Oracle or SQL Server before upgrading the Content Manager databases.

In the following table: N=not supported, Y=supported, 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 database (only if your implementation does not use MSDTC)NYY
AWS RDS-MSSQL 2012 (only if your implementation does not use MSDTC)NYP
AWS RDS-MSSQL 2016 (only if your implementation does not use MSDTC)NNY
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

To install a database on a Windows machine, you also require the following:

  • Windows PowerShell 3.0
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or higher