JDE Edwards Enterprise One (E1 Tools 8.96_F1) Supported on SQL Server 2005

Oracle announced support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications. The support begins with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.96_F1, which runs with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application releases 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.11 SP1, and 8.12.
Support extends to MS SQL Server 2005 running on Windows Server 2003 32-bit and x64 editions.
At this time EnterpriseOne support for SQL Server 2005 excludes the following:

Ÿ SQL Server 2005 on Itanium servers
Ÿ EnterpriseOne Xe and 8.0 (support is planned for a future release)
Ÿ EnterpriseOne Mobile Sales
Ÿ IBM WebSphere Portal 5.1.0.x metadata repository
Ÿ XPI and Web Services Gateway
Ÿ Crystal Enterprise Version 10