Discontinuing Oracle as a supported DocuWare database
Only for DocuWare as an on-premises system
Oracle has announced that it will discontinue Premier Support for the last version that still supports the old architecture (Oracle 19c) on April 30, 2024. Extended Support will be offered free of charge for another year until April 30, 2025.
Because we cannot run DocuWare on a database for which the vendor no longer offers Premier Support, DocuWare has decided to discontinue support for Oracle in parallel with Oracle's discontinuation of Premier Support for version 19c.
So DocuWare 7.9 will be the last version that can use Oracle as a database.
Support for DocuWare 7.9 will continue as usual for three years, until approximately September 2026. Upgrades for Oracle-based systems as well as extending existing systems with additional servers are currently still supported.
To enable affected customers to continue working with DocuWare without interruption, we will offer a migration tool to MS SQL (planned for the end of 2023).
If you are affected by the discontinuation, please contact your DocuWare partner. He will advise you for the necessary database change and the migration.
Prevent deleting audit entries
DocuWare Cloud and DocuWare as an on-premises system
In DocuWare Configuration > Auditing, the functionality to purge audit entries of a file cabinet or an organization is removed. Audits can no longer be deleted accidentally. The only way to remove audit entries from a file cabinet is to remove the entire file cabinet.
Web services: SOAP parameters are preserved
DocuWare Cloud and DocuWare as an on-premises system
Assigned parameters for requests to SOAP web services are now preserved when a new parameter is added or when the type or name of an unused parameter changes.