Zentyal bills itself as "a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server that you can set up in less than 30 minutes."
Zentyal bills itself as "a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server that you can set up in less than 30 minutes." According to the vendor, compatibility with Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange is so complete that small and medium businesses can migrate their systems transparently to Zentyal. Released under GPLv2, Zentyal Server 3.5 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and comes with a single LDAP implementation based on Samba 4.
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Some users may struggle when setting up various services, such as web servers, email servers, firewalls, and the like. Zentyal simplifies configuration of all those things, thanks to its intuitive user interface.
Six all-in-one Linux server distributions and a NAS system for small businesses and workgroups feature comprehensive feature sets, simple administration, and services. Are these distributions worthwhile?
Specialized Linux distributions are available for small and midsize businesses that promise economical and easy management of server applications and entire IT infrastructures. We looked at four of the best known candidates: ClearOS, NethServer, Zentyal, and Univention Corporate Server.