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4.6
IT Infrastructure, Application Server

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Description of Univention Corporate Server

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/
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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very good remote desktop software for Windows and MacOS

I like that it was easy to install with my existing hardware as well has very little configuration needed once installed. The only problem we have had so far are some issues when trying to add new devices or change device information from one client machine to another - they need an update which should fix this issue but haven't seen any updates yet since last year's release date! So just be patient if you want your clients up-to-date security patches. We use UCSA at our University where…

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  • Also there were no major problems installing either in terms of compatibility between Windows 7/8 & 8.1 desktop machines and server version OSes even though both versions used different processors e.g i5 vs core
Cons
  • There are disadvantages

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Easy Backup & Management of Mobile Devices

The best part about this product is that you can easily manage your devices from one place. Also, it has some great features like backup and restore option, remote logins with different options and access control. I would say that there are no downsides to this tool but if you have any specific issue regarding its usage then please contact their customer support team and they will help you out. I am using this product as my desktop OS and mobile device management solution. This allows me to…

Pros
  • It provides easy user interface for managing all kinds o fdevices in an organization suchas desktops , laptops etc.Also helps us make sure our employees don’t use unapproved apps.It also offers various security controls which makes life easier when we want enforce corporate policies across entire enterprise network!
Cons
  • Nothing much actually since