Changes in This Release for Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide

This preface contains:

• Changes in Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server in ODAC 12c Release 3

• Changes in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1)

Changes in Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server in ODAC 12c Release 3

The following are changes in Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for ODAC 12c Release 3.

New Features

The following features are new in this release:

• Distributed Transactions without Oracle.ManagedDataAccessDTC.dll

  The Oracle.ManagedDataAccessDTC.dll assembly is no longer required for distributed transaction applications running in .NET Framework 4.5.2 or higher and ODP.NET, Managed Driver. Upon ODP.NET installation, Oracle.ManagedDataAccessDTC.dll is no longer placed into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). For applications that use .NET Framework 4.5.1 or earlier, Oracle.ManagedDataAccessDTC.dll needs to be placed either in the application directory or in the GAC.

Changes in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1)

The following are changes in Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1).

New Features

The following features are new in this release:

• OraMTS Services Run as Oracle Home User

  OraMTS services now operate as a specified, lower privileged user (the Oracle Home User). A utility is provided for cases where the service must be created manually rather than by the installer. Each Oracle Home now has its own OraMTS service.

  See Also:

  "Manually Creating an Oracle MTS Recovery Service."