NEWS AND UPDATES
Where Can I Find EBS 12.2.7 Documentation?
The following Roadmap Note is also a critical reference, since it is a master index of all official Notes for advanced topics that complement our guides in the Documentation Library:
All EBS sysadmins should bookmark this Note. The indexed Notes are essential for nearly all EBS installations. Here are some examples:
- Load-balancers and DMZs
- Real Application Clusters for E-Business Suite
- Upgrade Sizing and Best Practices
- VM Templates
- Customizing EBS 12.2
- OA Framework Developer’s Guide
- Backup and Recovery with Online Patching
- Oracle Access Manager and Oracle Internet Directory integration
- BPEL and SOA Suite 11g Integration
- Workflow Mailer with Outlook and other cloud email servers
- Recommended Browsers
- JAR file signing
- Upgrading the JDK for EBS servers
- Encrypting the EBS database with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
- Security Best Practices and FAQ
Office 365 ProPlus Certified with EBS 12.1 and 12.2
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
versions of Excel, Word, and Outlook are certified with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 and 12.2. See:
This certification includes 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office 365 ProPlus running on Windows 10, 8.1, and 7.
What is Office 365 ProPlus?
Office 365 ProPlus is a version of Microsoft Office that’s available through Office 365. It includes Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Publisher, and Skype for Business as well as online services such as Sway and Power Query.
Office 365 ProPlus is installed on the user’s local computer using a streaming and virtualization technology called Click-to-Run. Office 365 ProPlus is not a web-based version of Office. It runs locally on the user’s computer. Users don’t need to be connected to the Internet all the time to use it.
What is not covered by this certification?
EBS 12.1 and 12.2 are certified with the Office 365 ProPlus versions of Excel, Word, and Outlook.
The following Office 365 ProPlus products are not certified with EBS 12.1 or 12.2:
- Office on iPad and Android devices
- Office Online browser-based versions of Excel and Word
- PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Publisher, and Skype for Business
- Online services such as Sway and Power Query
Click-to-Run delivers monthly updates to Office 365 ProPlus
By default, Click-to-Run products are configured to be updated automatically every month. Users don’t have to download or install updates. The Click-to-Run product seamlessly updates itself in the background.
Microsoft also offers a semi-annual channel for updates in January and July, as well as a targeted semi-annual channel in March and September.
Certification with Click-to-Run updates
Oracle certified EBS 12.1 and 12.2 in September 2017 with the latest available versions of Excel, Word, and Outlook in Office 365 ProPlus at the time.
Microsoft’s updates to Office 365 ProPlus are intended to be backwards-compatible. This means that Oracle’s certification with the September 2017 baseline should continue to apply to Microsoft updates in October 2017, November 2017, and so on.
It is unlikely that Oracle will be able to certify all monthly Office 365 ProPlus updates with all EBS 12.1 and 12.2 updates. Given Microsoft’s stance towards backwards-compatibility, this is theoretically unnecessary.
It is expected that Oracle will continue to certify selected updates to Office 365 ProPlus versions of Excel, Word, and Outlook with updates to EBS 12.1 and 12.2.
Source: https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenchan/office-365-proplus-certified-with-ebs-121-and-122
What’s New in EBS 12.2.7?
EBS 12.2.7 is the latest update to E-Business Suite 12.2. It includes functionality enhancements, error corrections, and statutory and regulatory updates in a consolidated suite-wide patch set.
Release 12.2.7 is cumulative and includes updates released previously for earlier EBS releases including 12.1.3, 12.0, and 11.5.10. It includes bug fixes for the following major product areas:
- Applications Technology
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Channel Revenue Management
- Financials
- Human Capital Management
- Lease and Finance Management
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- Master Data Management
- Order Management & Contracts
- Procurement
- Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector
- Projects
- Sales, Marketing, and eCommerce
- Service Management
- Value Chain Planning
EBS 12.2.7 includes new functionality for the following major product families:
- Iprocurement
- Procurement
- Project Procurement
- Projects
- Order Management
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- Value Chain Planning
- Asset Management
For a complete list of new features, refer to:
- Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Documents (Doc ID 1302189.1)
What is Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?
You can think of running Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud as running exactly the same Oracle E-Business Suite applications that you run on-premises in your datacenter today – the same E-Business Suite applications you may have customized – on a combination of Oracle’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings.
The main choices are:
- Infrastructure: The Oracle Compute Cloud Service part of IaaS provides a highly scalable, competitively-priced compute capacity that can be used to host your application tier and (optionally) your database tier.
- Infrastructure + Database: The Database Cloud Service part of PaaS can be used to run your database tier, allowing you to provision your chosen database configuration quickly and easily.
- Infrastructure + Database + Application Management: Optionally, you can get assistance with Oracle E-Business Suite applications and database management by deploying managed services on top of the infrastructure and platform services:
- Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS) manages your Oracle E-Business Suite environment on Oracle Cloud. The complete lifecycle management provided by this service includes patching, cloning, and regular technical/functional updates, along with an industry-leading application availability SLA. [OMCS will also keep you up-to-date with the most recent security patches and latest product releases, so that you can both remain secure and benefit from the newest innovations.]
- Alternatively, you can choose a partner to run your applications and perform applications DBA tasks such as patching and cloning, as well as upgrades and technology updates.
For more information, visit the Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud Landing Page.
Source: https://blogs.oracle.com/ebsandoraclecloud/what-is-oracle-e-business-suite-on-oracle-cloud