A SNIA event
April 30, 2025

Samba Development Status Update

Ralph Böhme
Samba Team / SerNet
Abstract

This talk is going to give an overview of recent changes in the Samba fileserver and an outlook on the development roadmap. There are many things the Samba fileserver development team has on its todo list and this presentation will give a first hand insight into the making of the next Samba versions.

Learning Objectives

Learn about recent changes in the Samba fileserver
Learn about the Samba Roadmap
Learn the status of SMB3 protocol features in Samba

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