Microsoft Windows 8 Certified with Oracle E-Business Suite

I'm very pleased to announce that Microsoft Windows 8 desktop clients are certified for the Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2, 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2. This certification applies to the following editions:

• Windows 8
• Windows 8 Enterprise
  
• Windows 8 N edition
  
• Windows 8 Pro N edition
• Windows 8 Pro Pack N edition

Internet Explorer 10

Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2 Prerequisites

• Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2
• Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H Rollup 6 (RUP 6) (patch 5903765) or later.
• Oracle Developer 6i patchset 19 (6.0.8.28.x) (Note 125767.1).
• MLR Patch 8888184
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates
  

Oracle E-Business Suite R12.0 Prerequisites

• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.6
  
• Oracle Applications Technology R12.ATG_PF.A.DELTA.6 (patch 7237006) or later.
• Oracle Forms Version 10.1.2.3 or later.
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Prerequisites

• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Prerequisites

• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.2 or higher
  
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates

Firefox ESR 17

Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Prerequisites

• Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2.
  
• Oracle Developer 6i patchset 19 (6.0.8.28.x) or later (note 125767.1)
• Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H Rollup 6 (RUP 6)(patch 5903765) or later
• Applications Framework Patch 7651759
• Patch 7567782 which removes the use of the jpi-version parameter and switches Firefox to a non-static versioning model.
  
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates

Oracle E-Business Suite R12.0 Prerequisites

• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.6
  
• Oracle Applications Technology R12.ATG_PF.A.delta.6 (patch 7237006) or later
• Applications Framework Patch 7602616
• Patch 7567840 which removes the use of the jpi-version parameter and switches Firefox to a non-static versioning model.
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates

Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 Prerequisites

• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 or higher
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates
  

Oracle JInitiator Not Compatible

Oracle JInitiator was built on top of Java 1.3.  Java 1.3 is desupported and is not compatible with Windows 8, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.  We have no plans to certify Oracle JInitiator with Windows 8.

Premier Support for Oracle JInitiator 1.1.8 ended in December 2008, and Premier Support for Oracle JInitiator 1.3 ended for EBS customers in July 2009.

Use the Native JRE plug-in

Windows 8 desktop clients are certified only with the native Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Windows 8. 

Our standard policy is that all E-Business Suite customers can apply all JRE updates to end-user desktops from JRE 1.6.0_03 and later updates on the 1.6 codeline, and from JRE 7u10 and later updates on the JRE 7 codeline. 

The minimum JRE prerequisites for Windows 8 are higher than in previous releases.  These are:

• Java client plug-in JRE 1.6.0_37 or later 1.6 updates
• Java client plug-in JRE 1.7.0_10 or later 1.7 updates

We test all new JRE 1.6 and JRE 7 releases in parallel with the JRE development process, so all new JRE 1.6 and 7 releases are considered certified with the E-Business Suite on the same day that they're released by our Java team. 

You do not need to wait for a certification announcement before applying new JRE 1.6 or JRE 7 releases to your EBS users' desktops. This applies to all certified Windows desktop operating systems, including XP, Vista, 7, and 8.

WebADI and Report Manager Users

Running WebADI and Report Manager through Excel on Windows 8 has additional patch requirements. For further information see Document 1077728.1.

What About Windows Hyper-V?

End-users are able to run Windows XP, Vista, and 7 as client guest operating systems via Windows Hyper-V on a Win8 desktop client.

We have no plans to conduct separate EBS certification efforts for Hyper-V guest client configurations running on Win8 clients.  Oracle Support will attempt to reproduce reported issues using non-virtualized WinXP, Vista, or 7 desktop clients.  Microsoft Support may to be engaged for any issues that can only be reproduced only in Hyper-V on Windows 8 desktops.

What about other Windows 8 editions?

We do not currently plan to certify the following editions with Oracle E-Business Suite:

• Windows RT
• Windows 8 tablet-oriented interface (formerly called Metro)
  

I would not expect the results of our certification to apply to Windows RT.

What About Earlier Versions of IE?

Microsoft only supports IE 10 on Windows 8 desktops.  Microsoft does not support earlier versions of IE on Win8, so Oracle is only able to support IE10 on Windows 8 clients for the E-Business Suite.

Pending Win8 Certifications

BiDi (Arabic and Hebrew Languages)

Due to issues with right side truncation, Windows 8 is not currently certified for BiDi (Arabic and Hebrew) languages. A patch fix for this issue is in progress.

MS Projects

Posting information between Oracle Projects and Microsoft Projects will currently error when running on Windows 8. A patch fix for this issue is in progress. For further information see Document 1077728.1 listed below.

Client Server Products

The majority of Client/Server products are either not currently certified or will not be certified on Windows 8. For further information see document 277535.1 listed below.

Oracle's Revenue Recognition rules prohibit us from discussing certification and release dates, but you're welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog. I'll post updates here as soon as soon as they're available.    

References

• Deploying Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) for Windows Clients in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i (Note 290807.1)
• Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i (Note 285218.1)
• Recommended Set Up for Client/Server Products with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i & R12 (Note 277535.1)
• Using Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12 (Note 1077728.1)
  
• Deploying Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) for Windows Clients in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Note 393931.1)
• Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Note 389422.1)

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