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Univention directory service shines for scalability
Monday, Jul 17, 2023

Univention directory service shines for scalability

When investing in Linux based servers and identity management systems (directory services) for a business the question of scalability comes up. Would a Windows and Active Directory (AD) based solution be better? What if the business grows twice or ten times the current size, to 100, 1000, or even 10,000 system users, will the Linux based architecture scale? Or will we be forced to abandon the Linux solution at some point?

Kopano available for UCS 5
Monday, Aug 1, 2022

Kopano available for UCS 5

Kopano is now available from the Univention App Center for UCS 5. This clears the way for many existing UCS 4.4 servers to be upgraded to UCS 5.

The future is UCS 5
Monday, Jun 13, 2022

The future is UCS 5

With the major release of UCS 5.0 over a year ago, Univention took an important step towards modernising Univention Corporate Server. Important milestones were the new design and improved user experience through the integration of the Management Console into the UCS Portal, the expansion of the Univention App Center and the upgrade to Debian ‘Buster’ and Python 3. This blog article takes a look at the developments of the past 12 months and the apps that have been released for UCS 5 …

Univention Corporate Server 5.0-1 released
Monday, Jan 17, 2022

Univention Corporate Server 5.0-1 released

The first point release of UCS 5.0 brings further important features and rounds off the major release from May 2021. The announced Light Theme is now available as an alternative for the user interface. There were improvements in the UCS Portal and App Center, and a number of other apps are now available for UCS 5.0.

Univention Corporate Server 5.0 released
Tuesday, Jun 1, 2021

Univention Corporate Server 5.0 released

The fifth major release of Univention Corporate Server is ready and available for download. UCS 5.0 contains new features, has a fresh look, comes with several improvements and bug fixes. The new version also uses a new core: UCS 5.0 is based on Debian 10 (‘Buster’) and Python 3.

UCS 5.0 – first release candidate published
Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021

UCS 5.0 – first release candidate published

With the first release candidate (RC), Univention are announcing the finalisation phase for the major release of Univention Corporate Server, UCS 5.0. They will be concentrating on stabilising the features implemented up to this point. Compared to the beta version of UCS 5, which was published in December, they have been able to achieve many improvements, in particular in the web interface of the UCS portal, the management console and the Univention App Center.

Staying Out Of Terrestrial Trouble: Improving Data Security for Satellite Companies
Monday, Mar 29, 2021

Staying Out Of Terrestrial Trouble: Improving Data Security for Satellite Companies

Kevin Dominik Korte, President of Univention North America, has written an article for SatMagazine. In the article, he talks about the general importance for satellite companies to keep their data safe and secure at all cost – and the challenges that come along with that necessity.

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UCS 5.0 – Focus instead of feature overkill
Thursday, Dec 17, 2020

UCS 5.0 – Focus instead of feature overkill

The variety of existing Open Source projects makes it easy to add new features to a modular product like UCS. The basic requirements for many things already exist and there are positive experiences with those software projects. At Univention, we pursue the goal of making these functions available to our users. In addition, we want to maintain the integration with our core components. This maintenance is definitely the larger part of the work, which is very noticeable during upgrades. One goal of …

IT expenses and Covid-19: learnings for companies
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2020

IT expenses and Covid-19: learnings for companies

Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, the IT requirements in many companies, organizations and governments have fundamentally changed as has the awareness for IT. For many organizations, it saw the widespread adoption of remote working policies. Often, these changes were required to be implemented overnight, when government- issued stay-at-home-orders created a new reality. Here is the take from our partners and customers on how efficiency gains, system integration and task delegation have changed …

Video conferencing on Univention: A Short Tour of Kopano Meet
Friday, Jan 17, 2020

Video conferencing on Univention: A Short Tour of Kopano Meet

Great news! The Meet video calling app is now available on Univention Corporate Server. In case you missed it: Meet is Kopano’s secure, open-source and easy-to-use solution for video conferencing. It is peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted. This means a conversation always takes place directly between the people in the call, with no other parties in between. Because Kopano developed Meet as a progressive web app, interaction with the app feels the same. No matter the device you are using.