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With Nubus for Kubernetes, you now have an Open Source solution that makes identity and access management in Kubernetes environments simple and centralized. We'll show you how Kubernetes keeps your containers on course—and who's really at the helm of your cluster. In the world of modern IT infrastructure, Kubernetes has taken the helm—especially when applications [...]

In the city of Flensburg, we have very successfully implemented a central school IT infrastructure in recent years and decisively advanced digitalization. By implementing UCS@school, we were able to create a central IT infrastructure that improves the learning environment for pupils and significantly reduces the administrative tasks of teachers. Turning a Patchwork into a Functioning [...]

Since the announcement of Nubus at the Univention Summit in January 2024, Univention has invested a lot of work in creating the accompanying documentation. This blog post gives an insight into how product documentation has developed at Univention in general. And which principles Univention applied to Nubus in particular. It's for people with an interest [...]

With the release of UCS@school 5.2, we are taking the next big step in digital school IT! Our education platform offers school authorities a powerful, central Identity & Access Management (IAM) that is easy to manage and enables the integration of proven IT services. This provides optimum support for digital teaching and simplifies many school [...]

The first patch level release since the release of UCS 5.2 brings updates to the Debian base as well as improvements in the performance of Nubus and for the self-service functions - for both UCS 5.0 and UCS 5.2. Performance Improvements in the Directory Manager In close cooperation with our customers, we are constantly looking [...]

As of January 2025, electronic invoicing is now mandatory for B2B transactions in Germany. That means it's time to get up to speed! The good news for UCS users? There's no need to invest in additional software—EGroupware, available through the Univention App Center, now includes the E-Invoicing app, a built-in module that fully supports e-invoicing. [...]

Want faster websites, reduced bandwidth usage, and complete control over who can access what? The Proxy Server/Web Cache (Squid) app from the Univention App Center has you covered. It acts as both a powerful web proxy and caching server, storing frequently accessed pages to speed up load times and optimize network traffic. Plus, with flexible [...]

Does your HR department ask for fast and standardized onboarding and offboarding for internal and external teams? Does your helpdesk want SSO access to all essential apps to reduce password reset requests? Do your department heads need independent user and group management to quickly grant their employees access to the right applications? Is your compliance [...]

With the release of Univention Corporate Server 5.2, we are not only making a significant leap in the version number: We are updating all the software included in Univention Corporate Server (UCS) and completing another milestone in the further development of UCS and Nubus with the full transition to Keycloak as the central Identity Provider [...]

The Nextcloud app from the Univention Appcenter is a very effective way of making a functioning integration of the popular “File Sync and Share” solution into the management system of the Univention Corporate Server within a very short time. This is suitable for making the services of the Nextcloud hub available to a manageable number [...]