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Enterprise software hasn’t kept pace with how people actually use technology, and the contrast shows up the moment teams try to complete everyday tasks that should be simple. What takes seconds on consumer apps can take far longer in Oracle Cloud, and that friction quietly turns into lost time, slower adoption, and unnecessary training effort across the organization.
Redwood changes the operating baseline, not just the interface. Once it’s on the roadmap, timing becomes a risk variable rather than a preference. Organizations that acknowledge this early plan the transition deliberately, while those that don’t are left managing last-minute transitions with clear productivity consequences.
UX Modernization in Oracle Fusion Is No Longer Optional
According to research, Oracle has committed to complete UI convergence by the end of 2026. This is a hard deadline.
With the launch of Release 25C in Q3 2025, Global HR, Benefits, and Absence Management pages have become Redwood-only. Workforce Compensation will be switching over with the release of 25D. Learning Administration will follow in 26A, and by 26D, every classic interface page will disappear.
Late migrations follow a familiar pattern. Organizations are left with just weeks to retrain hundreds of users, while support queues spike and productivity drops. Teams that moved early had time to test in sandbox environments, resolve issues, and stabilize workflows before go-live. The difference between a planned migration and a forced one is measured in thousands of work hours and tens of thousands of dollars.
The Redwood user interface is live in production right now and migration windows are measured in quarters, not years.
Why UX Modernization in Oracle Fusion Now Means AI Enablement
Most UI refreshes are just new paint. Redwood is different because Oracle architected the system as a delivery platform for artificial intelligence.
Procurement teams creating purchase orders no longer tab over to policy documentation. They ask the AI embedded on the page. According to Oracle’s implementation documentation, these AI agents are trained on company-specific policies and regulations. The answers come back instantly, in context, without breaking workflow.
Service agents get automatic call summarization that generates complete wrap-up notes when customers hang up. Finance teams request AI-generated summaries of approval workflows that usually take twenty minutes to piece together manually.
Performance reviews have always been soul-crushing exercises. Now, with Redwood UI, managers can use generative AI to draft evaluation summaries based on accumulated performance data.
Oracle built Redwood from scratch as an AI surface layer. Every delay in migration means competitors are using automation others are not.
Oracle Redwood UI in Fusion Brings One Experience Across Every Module
Every Oracle Cloud module feels like it was designed by a different team. Because it was.
When Talent Management and Compensation behave like separate applications, users are forced to reorient every time they switch contexts. The cognitive load adds up across departments and functions.
The Redwood UI in Oracle Fusion fixes that. HCM, SCM, Procurement, Financials, Projects, EPM: all share the same navigation structure. Oracle has delivered over 740 Redwood pages across Fusion applications, and everyone follows the same modern UX design principles.
Finance analysts who live in General Ledger need to check Accounts Payable. In the classic UI, that’s a learning curve. In Redwood, the controls work exactly the same way.
Training costs collapse when people can transfer knowledge between modules. When organizations run Redwood for enterprise applications across their Oracle footprint, every efficiency gain multiplies.
Visual Builder Studio Changes How Oracle Fusion Is Extended
Modern enterprises need to extend standard applications without compromising upgrade stability. Redwood, combined with Visual Builder Studio, provides a controlled way to do exactly that.
- Traditional enterprise customization forced teams to choose between staying standard or risking breakage during quarterly updates.
- Visual Builder Studio is a low-code extensibility platform built specifically for Redwood experiences.
- It allows teams to extend Oracle-delivered pages, create custom applications, and build role-specific micro-experiences without forking the codebase.
- Redwood pages are identifiable by the /Redwood URL pattern and can be opened directly in Visual Builder Studio from the application interface.
- Using a visual designer, teams can add custom fields, adjust layouts, and inject business logic at the page or component level.
- Built-in versioning and lifecycle management ensure extensions remain intact through Oracle’s quarterly release cadence.
- Use cases include additional approval validation for capital procurement and embedded compliance checks in regulated HR workflows.
Redwood Benefits Multiply Across Everyday Workflows
Organizations that completed their Redwood migration report an 80% reduction in training costs within the first year, according to Oracle’s benchmark data, while payroll processing time drops 68% and compliance costs fall by 70%.
The value of Redwood shows up in day-to-day execution. Productivity improves, training becomes lighter, and satisfaction rises because the system works the way people expect it to.
These Redwood benefits compound. Every hour teams aren’t fighting the interface is an hour doing actual work. Every process that takes three clicks instead of twelve adds up across thousands of daily transactions.
Oracle Redwood Design Prepares Fusion for What Comes Next
Redwood quickly stops feeling like a surface-level update. As teams plan around it, they see changes in how people navigate the system, how fast they get up to speed, and how much effort everyday work actually takes. Those shifts have a bigger impact than most organizations anticipate.
The timeline itself isn’t flexible, but the approach still is. Teams that start early have room to plan and adapt, while those that wait tend to absorb more pressure when the change becomes unavoidable.
For organizations still running older interfaces, the productivity drag is already part of daily work. Redwood removes much of that friction and creates space for AI-driven ways of working, but only when the transition is managed as a deliberate change, not a rushed technical update.
From readiness assessment and migration planning to Redwood page implementation, Visual Builder Studio extensibility, and release support, we help teams move forward with confidence. If you’re preparing for Oracle Redwood migration, contact us to see how we help you make the transition work on your terms.
About The Author
Myrlysa I. H. Kharkongor is Senior Content Marketer at AppsTek Corp, driving content strategy for the company’s digital engineering services to enhance brand presence and credibility. With experience in media, publishing, and technology, she applies a structured, insight-driven approach to storytelling. She distills AppsTek’s cloud, data, AI, and application capabilities into clear, accessible communications that support positioning and grow the brand’s digital footprint.
