A presentation by Univention Head of Development Stefan Gohmann about the future development of Univention Corporate Server (UCS), a server software for easy-to-use IT operations and management.

1. Future of UCS
What are we working on?
Stefan Gohmann
Univention GmbH
gohmann@univention.de

2. 30 Million
Users

3. Countries with UCS

4. UCS
main topics

5. Topic #1: Samba 4

6. Topic #1: Samba 4
Continuous development
Working issues:
Printing
File server performance and SMB
features
Mac OS X compatibility
Large environment performance
Domain trusts

7. Topic #2: Apps

8. Groupware Apps

9. Topic #2: Apps
Average of 3.8 Apps per UCS system
Join into Active Directory domains
App Center Provider Portal

10. Topic #3: IT for schools

11. Topic #3: IT for schools
Increased requirements
Wireless LAN
Bring your own device
Integration with cloud services
This requires identity management!

12. Topic #3: IT for schools
Identity management optimized
for school
Two new important feature:
Cross-school students and
teachers
Import interfaces

13. What are the foundations
for these topics?

14. Foundation #1: Identity Management System
Fast
Scalable
Stable
Synchronization with other
systems

15. Active Directory Connector
Synchronization of users and
groups with Active Directory
Password synchronization
Standard DRS interfaces for the
password synchronization

16. Directory Services
Freedom of choice
Central identity management
No former employee can log on

17. Foundation #2: Linux distribution
Very stable
Long Term Support
No re-build of the entire distribution
Faster security updates
Increase the binary compatibility

18. Foundation #3: Easy to use products
Progress with every new release
Out-of-the-box capability

19. What is
coming next?

20. Docker
Fulfill different dependencies
Reduce the test effort
Independent UCS development
Virtual machines vs. micro
services
Docker migration for UCS 4.2

21. UCS 4.2
Release moved to April 2017
Docker migration
App Center Provider Portal
Extended our test environments
and automated tests

22. UCS 4.2
Debian 8 (Jessie), with more than
15.000 updated source packages
Linux kernel, Samba, Docker
Management system

23. UCS 4.2: Portal

24. UCS 4.2: Portal

25. UCS 4.2: User listing

26. UCS 4.2: User listing

27. UCS 4.2: Editing of a user

28. Thank you!
https://univention.com/feedback
Stefan Gohmann
Univention GmbH
<gohmann@univention.de>
https://www.univention.com