Micro Focus Authorized Beta Survey – Open Enterprise Server 2018

Micro Focus is preparing to start the authorized beta program for Open Enterprise Server 2018.

After a pretty significant and successful release of Open Enterprise Server 2015, we are back with the next major update - Open Enterprise Server 2018. The key highlights of this release include:

Continuous improvements to SMB stack, including encrypted data traffic support.
Domain Services for Windows Enhancements.
- 2008 R2 / 2012 Schema Update
- Fine grained password policies support
- AES Encryption support
- NSS-AD support
Mac Enhancements.
- Salvage / Purge extension
- Improved SMB performance from Mac clients
NSS Improvements.
- Reduced fragmentation – extended support for volumes with quotas
- Scale the number of files on the volume - 64 Bit file identifiers
Unified and controlled update channel(s) which will provide OES and SLES updates from NCC for OES Servers.
UI Refresh for some components like Remote Manager, Java Console and NetStorage.
Numerous other bug fixes, enhancements and performance improvements.
All the above on top of the latest SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2. Also included is eDirectory 9.0 – the latest version of eDirectory.
Last, but not the least is the brand new cloud storage tiering capability, which allows you to offload your cold data to an on-prem / private cloud or to a public cloud storage of your choice.
Alongside OES 2018, the ‘iPrint Add-on for OES 2018’ will also be available - which will allow you to host iPrint Appliance capabilities on OES, if you desire so.

As a participant in the Micro Focus authorized beta program for Open Enterprise Server 2018, you must provide ongoing testing of the beta product and regular reporting to Micro Focus of your testing progress. In return Micro Focus will provide free support to all authorized sites for this beta product.

If you are interested in participating, please submit the following information to be considered for selection:

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