The recordings from sambaXP 2026 are now available. They bring together the talks from the 25th International User and Developer Conference for Samba, held in Göttingen on April 20 and 21, 2026. Watch the full playlist on YouTube:
This year’s conference offered a focused look at current work around Samba, SMB and the wider interoperability ecosystem. The talks cover Samba AD in real networks, SMB over QUIC, SMB-Direct, SMB3.1.1 client improvements, authentication and authorization, Winbind with Kerberos S4U2SELF, CTDB, VFS development, OpenRSAT, FreeIPA and Active Directory integration, and recent Samba AD security work.
Storage and performance were also strong themes, with sessions on Samba and Ceph, including SMB access to Ceph RGW, CephFS-backed SMB deployments, and SMB Multichannel in IBM Storage Scale.
Volker Lendecke’s keynote “25 years of sambaXP” set the frame for the conference. What started as a look back at 25 editions of sambaXP became a broader tour through major milestones in Samba’s history – from early SMB work to Samba 4 and the structures shaping the project today.
sambaXP 2026 was also closely connected with the SNIA SMB3 IO Lab EMEA. Hosted by SNIA with support from Microsoft, the IO Lab added a hands-on setting for SMB3 interoperability testing, protocol work and direct collaboration around real implementations. While sambaXP provided the public talks and discussions, the IO Lab continued that work in a dedicated test environment. That combination is central to sambaXP, where technical talks, direct exchange and practical interoperability meet in one place. It also reflects how Samba continues to develop.
sambaXP is organized by SerNet and has been a meeting point for the Samba Team, developers, users and vendors since 2002. The 2026 edition was made possible with the support of this years sponsors Microsoft, Tranquil IT, SerNet.
