Univention Corporate Server

Univention Corporate Server, or UCS, is a Linux-based appliance released as open source software. It covers identity handling, infrastructure and service administration, and manages users, groups and computers from one central console. Applications can be added from the Univention App Center.

What Univention Corporate Server offers

• Identity and access management — single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and role-based rights.
• Central administration — manages the whole server and IT environment in one place.
• App Center — office, collaboration, groupware, backup and other applications, such as Nextcloud, that integrate with it.
• UCS@school — access to digital learning services for schools.
• Support — a community forum, subscriptions and project assistance.

Who it works with

Public administration, businesses and education, from small organisations to large ones.

Key facts

• Vendor: Univention GmbH
• Experience: over 20 years
• Scale: 35 million managed identities, per its website