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We're happy to introduce a new webinar series held by Björn Jacke. The first webinar will start in March 2025 and covers how to back up Active Directory with Samba and migrate from a Windows-based AD to Samba-AD. Learn key strategies for seamless transitions and effective AD management using the open-source tool Samba.

Most Active Directory installations are Windows-based. Samba makes it possible to secure such an AD installation with Unix tools and then to operate the backup with a Samba DC. This can be useful not only for backup purposes but also for migrating from Windows to Samba. This webinar demonstrates how to create a backup and how to restore asecure Samba AD.

Registration link: AD-Back-Up & Migration: How to migrate from Microsoft to with Samba

Please note that the webinar will only be held in English.

Volker Lendecke, longtime member of the Samba core team and co-founder of SerNet, will give a presentation on “SMB3.11 UNIX Extensions: Current Status” at FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels. The presentation is scheduled for Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 13:25 (CET) in room K.3.401. As usual, FOSDEM will again offer the opportunity to follow the presentation remotely this year.

The presentation will highlight the current state of development of the SMB3.1.1 UNIX extensions and show how SMB3.11 Unix Extensions contribute to making SMB a fully-fledged file sharing protocol for Linux systems. Lendecke will address the latest advances in functionality, discuss technical challenges and give an outlook on future developments.

FOSDEM 2025 remains a central meeting place for the open source community and attracts a large number of developers, technologists and enthusiasts from all over the world every year. The free, volunteer-organized conference is known for its wide range of topics, including software development, operating systems, networking and much more. With its practice-oriented presentations and discussions, the event offers a valuable opportunity for knowledge exchange and networking within the open source world.

Whether on-site in Brussels or virtually, don't miss this opportunity to gain deeper insights into the future of SMB and the UNIX extensions and to meet parts of the Samba Core Team!

“By developers, for developers” is the motto of this year's SNIA Developer Conference in Santa Clara, California. Once again specialists in storage and network technologies will come together from September 16-18, 2024 to feature insights into the latest industry advancements.

We are delighted that members of the SerNet Samba team are making a meaningful contribution to the overall 2024 agenda!

On Monday afternoon, September 16, Ralph Böhme will provide insights into the latest advances in Samba development in his talk "Samba Development Status Update". Volker Lendecke's presentation on "NFS and SMB Common Infrastructure" will follow, also on the afternoon of September 16.

You are welcome to make an appointment with our team in advance at sales@remove-this.sernet.de. We look forward to your visit & vivid discussions!