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Conclusions

Samba 4 does more than just provide improved networking services. Samba 4 integrates fully with Active Directory, and you can migrate an Active Directory domain to Samba 4 or use Samba 4 to provide a reliable upgrade path from NT4 to Active Directory.

Infos

Samba: http://www.samba.org/
Samba wiki: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4_OS_Requirements#File_System_Support
How to to set up Samba as an Active-Directory-compatible Domain Controller: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_HOWTO
sysvol replication in Samba 4: https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2012-August/168907.html

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