Oracle Database Client Software Requirements

Lists the software requirements for Oracle Database client.

Table 2-3 Windows x64 Software Requirements

Requirement	Value
Operating System	Oracle Database for Windows x64 is supported on the following operating systems: Windows 8.1 x64 - Pro and Enterprise editions Windows 10 x64 - Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions Windows 11 x64 - Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions Windows Server 2016 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions Windows Server 2019 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions Windows Server 2022 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions Note: Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported. The Server Core option is not supported. Windows 11 x64 - Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions and Windows Server 2022 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions are supported starting with Oracle Database 19c Release Update (19.13) or later.
Virtualization	Oracle certifies the following virtualization technologies with Oracle Database Client on Windows: Oracle VM Server Microsoft Hyper-V For more detailed information on certified Oracle VM Server combinations, check My Oracle Support note 464754.1. For more information on certified Hyper-V combinations, you can visit: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/virtualizationmatrix-172995.html
Compiler and SDK	The following component is supported only with Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Update 5: Pro*C/C++ : Use Microsoft Visual C++ 2013, to convert the Pro*C/C++ files into C/C++ files, and then use Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Update 6 or later to further build them. The following components are supported with the compilers based on Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Update 6 or later and Intel C++ 17.0 Update 8, and Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Update 6 or later SDK: Oracle Call Interface External callouts Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK) Oracle C++ Call Interface supports: Compilers based on Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Update 6 or later and Intel C++ 17.0 Update 8 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 STLs Pro*COBOL supports: Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.2 - Update 2 Micro Focus Visual COBOL (Version 6)
Network Protocol	The Oracle Net foundation layer uses Oracle protocol support to communicate with the following industry-standard network protocols: TCP/IP TCP/IP with SSL Named Pipes
Oracle Database	To connect with Oracle Database Client 19c, the following are required: Oracle Database Server is version 11.2.0.4 or later. If the earlier Oracle Database Server is running on the same computer as Oracle Database Client 19c, a bequeath connection cannot be used. Oracle recommends upgrading Oracle Database to the latest patchset (11.2.0.4 or later). You can download the patchset from the Patches and Updates section of My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com
Unzip utility	Unzip 6.0 or later. Unzip is required to extract the image files for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure installations.