Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is a scalable and Open Source Linux based software appliance for identity, IT infrastructure and service management. It offers basic services for managing users, groups, and computers. In addition, UCS also contains a wide range of server applications, i.e. for IP management (DNS/DHCP), mail and groupware solutions, file share and sync tools, online office suites, project management tools, ERP solutions, and more – all available in the Univention App Center.
UCS has a modular design, scales well, and is easy to deploy. UCS is Open Source, available as free edition or as enterprise edition with support and extended maintenance. UCS integrates with Microsoft Active Directory or offers Active Directory compatible services to replace Microsoft servers. It’s also possible to manage the identities for Windows, macOS, and Linux clients and servers.
Main Features:
– Easy web based management system for identities, resources, services, and more.
– Integrated IT management services like LDAP (directory services), Kerberos (authentication), DNS and DHCP.
– More than 90 apps in the Univention App Center, including 3rd party business applications like Nextcloud, ownCloud, ONLYOFFICE, Collabora, OpenProject, SuiteCRM, OpenXchange and Kopano (one-click installation or virtual appliances).
– Scalable thanks to a “domain” concept that allows to easily deploy and manage UCS environments with one as well as hundreds of server instances and up to hundreds of thousands of users.
– Compatible with Microsoft Active Directory, making it easy to integrate in existing environments or to build your own Active Directory compatible domain and connect Windows, macOS, and Linux clients and servers.
– Many basic IT services, i.e. file and print server, self-service portal for users (web based), and Single Sign-on (SAML and OpenID Connect)
– Comprehensive APIs to automate tasks from deployment up to the management stack.
– Enterprise software with commercial support available, successfully used by thousands of organizations.
Free Download of the current version (UCS 4.4-7., released on the 1st of December 2020) at:
https://www.univention.com/downloads/download-ucs/
