Cloud Community News & Events - October 2026
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Posted by Quest Customer Learning Team
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October 6, 2026
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Migrating Oracle Classic Help Desk to Redwood: What You Need to Know
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For Oracle Cloud HCM customers, the transition to the Oracle Payroll Tax Engine (OPTE) is no longer a future consideration—it is a required change. Anastashia Alfred-Waller shared Baylor University’s firsthand experience moving from Vertex to Oracle’s native payroll tax solution.
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Quest News & Event Updates
Earliest Bird registration is officially open for Oracle Cloud Summit – Virtual, December 8–10!
Three days. No travel. Plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow Oracle Cloud users who are tackling the same challenges you are. Oracle Cloud Summit – Virtual brings the community together for practical conversations, real-world customer experiences and fresh ideas around AI, Redwood, analytics, automation and more.
Whether you’re looking for answers, comparing notes with your peers or simply want to hear how other organizations are approaching what’s next in Oracle Cloud, you can do it all from wherever you work.
Register by October 9 to take advantage of Earliest Bird pricing.
Chicago is calling!
Oracle Cloud Summit at BLUEPRINT 4D is coming to Chicago May 4–7, 2027, bringing Oracle Cloud Applications customers together to discuss today’s business challenges, learn from organizations tackling similar priorities and explore what’s next across ERP, EPM, HCM, SCM, AI and more.
Have insights your peers could learn from? The Call for Presentations is now open through December 6. Submit your session and help shape the conversations at Oracle Cloud Summit.
Have questions or currently plan to speak at the Oracle Cloud Summit? Join us for an important discussion, November 13 at 1:30 pm ET, on all things related to being a speaker at BLUEPRINT 4D! Register now for the BLUEPRINT 4D Speaker Open House.
Building Our 2027 Community Meetup Series!
We’re busy building the 2027 Quest SIG Meetup series for our PeopleSoft, JDE, DB&T, and Cloud communities! If you’re part of one of these user groups and attend our meetups, you’ll soon need to register for the new year. Once registered, you can save sessions to your calendar and receive reminders one day and one hour before each meetup.
Want to get more involved? We’re looking for new SIG volunteers! If you’ve ever thought about helping lead a conversation, sharing your experiences, or being more involved with your user group, this is a great place to start. Raise your hand and join the conversation—we’d love to have you!
Save the date for Quest’s Annual Meeting of the Members!
The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Members is scheduled for November 3, 2026, at 4 pm ET. Paid corporate and professional members and partners are invited to hear a comprehensive update on Quest’s current performance against strategic initiatives, as well as plans for 2027. We will also present the results from the 2026 Board of Directors election and the confirmation of those members to their respective positions. Eligible attendees will receive additional information via email in the coming weeks.
Save the Date! Cloud Webinars
Cash Management Demo
📅 Wednesday, November 4, 2026 | 1:00–2:00 PM ET
Additional session details are currently being finalized. Registration will open as soon as the information is available. Please check back soon for the full session description and registration details. Questions? Please contact Alexis Brooks at alexis.brooks@questoraclecommunity.org.
🎤 Hosted by Nizam Mogal
Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence: Turning Data into Actionable Insights
📅 Monday, November 16, 2026 | 1:00–2:00 PM ET
During this live demonstration, you’ll explore how OTBI supports embedded and ad hoc reporting using real-time transactional data; how FDI provides prebuilt analytics and KPIs across business functions, and how the two systems work together to support operational reporting and deeper, cross-functional insights.
🎤 Hosted by Gloria S. Brewster, Cassie Sears, and Emma Dobek
AI Adoption: Modern Best Practices with AI Success Navigator and HCM AI Agents
📅 Monday, November 18, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM ET
In this session, we’ll demonstrate how Oracle AI Success Navigator can help your organization identify, prioritize, and plan AI innovations using AI-driven guidance, Oracle Modern Best Practices, and adoption roadmaps tailored to your business needs. We’ll also showcase Oracle AI Agents for HCM and explore how these embedded, generative AI-powered assistants can support employees, managers, and HR teams with contextual guidance, personalized recommendations, and task assistance across the employee lifecycle.
🎤 Hosted by Gloria S. Brewster, Cassie Sears, and Emma Dobek
Upcoming Meetups
Cloud HCM Community October Meetup
📅 Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 1:00–2:00 PM ET
Pro Tip: All Cloud Community meetups are recorded and posted to their respective community pages, so you can watch—or rewatch—sessions at your convenience!
Upcoming Webinars:
HCM
October 7 | 1:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud HCM -Turn AI On: Empower Managers to Coach and Drive Results
October 8 | 11:00 am ET
Oracle Cloud HCM -Improving Operating Margin With Connected Workforce Operations
October 13 | 11:00 am ET
Oracle Cloud HCM -Data Extraction using RODS: A new method for high volume data extract
October 13 | 12:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud HCM -Product Update: Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM 26D Release Update
SCM
October 6 | 11:00 am ET
Oracle Cloud SCM – Product Help: Troubleshooting Tax Issues for Procure-to-Pay Process (Part 1)
October 8 | 11:00 am ET
Oracle Cloud SCM – Redwood Office Hours: Supply Chain Planning
October 12 | 1:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud SCM -Product Update: Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM 26D Release Update
October 13 | 11:00 am ET
Oracle Cloud SCM – Product Update: Redwood Adoption Timeline for Oracle Transportation and Global Trade Management (Part 1)
EPM
October 5 | 11:00 am ET
Oracle Cloud EPM – Account Reconciliation Update: Mapping Exceptions Management, Automatically Add Profiles, and More!
October 14 | 12:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud EPM – Turn AI On: Oracle EPM Solving for Variance Analysis with Agentic Workflows and Policy Nodes
ERP
October 5 | 1:00 pm ET
Migrating Oracle Classic Help Desk to Redwood: What You Need to Know
October 7 | 12:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud ERP – Release Highlights for Oracle Fusion Cloud Student Financial Aid in 26D
OCI
October 5 | 1:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure -Day One and Beyond: Upgrading to AI Database 26ai
October 6 | 1:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure -Day One and Beyond: AI-Powered Database Performance Management
October 7 | 12:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure -Developer Coaching: Building and Evaluating Predictive Models at Scale with Oracle Machine Learning
October 7 | 1:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure -Day One and Beyond: Zero Trust in the AI Era
October 13 | 1:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure -Day One and Beyond: Autonomous Database Migration Bootcamp over DB Link
October 14 | 12:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure -Turn AI On: Oracle EPM Solving for Variance Analysis with Agentic Workflows and Policy Node
October 15 | 1:00 pm ET
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure -Security: What Has Changed, What Hasn’t—and What You Need to Rethink
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