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Univention Corporate Client

Univention Corporate Client (UCC) is a flexible and efficiently manageable operating system for PCs, notebooks and thin clients in companies and institutions. The software contains a Linux-based desktop environment optimised for business use.

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Univention Corporate Server
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Discontinued

Univention Corporate Client (UCC) is discontinued and replaced by the new Domain Join Assistant for UCS. Only customers with a maintenance contract for UCC will receive updates until April 30, 2021.

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    • English

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On August 17, UCC 3.0 was released including the following highlights:

  • The Ubuntu base has been updated to version 16.04. A large part of available software components are renewed: Unity 7.4, Linux Kernel 4.4, LibreOffice 5.1.4. All Univention packages imported from UCS have been updated to the version of UCS 4.1
  • The default Desktop is now Unity, which allows us to provide maintenance of 5 years for UCC 3.0.
  • UCC desktops are now available as 64 bit images. Thin client images are still available as 32 bit images.
  • Clients report their currently installed image to the UCS management system. This allows to easily search for clients which use outdated images.
  • Clients check and update their position in the UCS LDAP directory service. The move of a computer object now does not require a client rejoin.
  • Images for 32 and 64 bit architecture images can be build on UCS systems that are using 64 bit architecture.
  • Thin clients update their client policies persistently upon booting and save them locally, which increases robustness in case the LDAP server is not reachable during boot time.
  • The RDP and Firefox session scripts can be configured to add additional program parameters, or to execute arbitrary commands, including the possibility to change the program binary.
  • It is possible to activate the custom start script feature. This offers the possibility to sync scripts and other files from the image server and execute them at boot time.

More information incl. release notes, quickstart guide, etc. in the Univention forum.

What is Univention Corporate Client?

Univention Corporate Client (UCC) is a flexible and efficiently manageable operating system for PCs, notebooks and thin clients in companies and institutions. The software contains a Linux-based desktop environment optimised for business use.

UCC allows the considerable adaptation of the desktops to the respective hardware and intended application. In addition, it can be managed conveniently and efficiently via the web-based Univention Management Console. In comparison to other desktop systems, UCC guarantees integrated administration procedures for users, clients, desktops and permissions and effectively does away with the use of different, uncoordinated tools. UCC serves as a platform for access to remote desktop solutions and virtualized desktops as well as browser or terminal server-based applications.

Advantages:

  1. Massive reduction of administration efforts thanks to fully automatic installation, central update management and integral user and rights management via policies and desktop profiles
  2. Support of many thin client devices and connected hardware
  3. Support of all popular remote desktops and desktop virtualization environments from Microsoft, Citrix, VMware and Univention
  4. Ideal for use in heterogeneous environments with Linux & Windows desktops
  5. Cost-effective in terms of the costs for implementation, maintenance, administration and operation
  6. Hardware monitoring of servers and clients with Nagios (including notification mechanism in the event of collapses)
  7. Open standards ensure easy adaptability and simple expansion
  8. UCC is 100% Open Source software

System requirements:

Server: At least one instance of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is required for the rollout and management of UCC (a virtual instance can also be used)

Client: UCC supports a wide range of popular PCs, laptops and thin clients and kiosk systems from different manufacturers (e.g., HP, Igel, Fujitsu Technology Solutions ...)

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