Bring Ubuntu to your organisation
Ubuntu Desktop combines enterprise-grade support, security and functionality with the best of open source.
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Secure enterprise management with Ubuntu Pro Desktop
Secure open source stack
Receive 10 years of security patches for Ubuntu LTS releases with Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) and coverage for over 23,000 packages in the Ubuntu Universe repository. Minimise downtime with Kernel Livepatch.
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Landscape fleet management
Software updates, configuration management, policy compliance, and permission control for your entire physical and virtual fleet. Landscape is easy to use and smoothly integrates with other tooling through a robust API.
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Advanced Active Directory policies
Increase your management capabilities with full Group Policy Object support, remote script execution and privilege management.
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Compliance, certification and hardening
Ubuntu Pro delivers security and compliance for even the most sensitive workloads with FIPS 140-2 certified modules, CIS hardening and Common Criteria EAL2 certification available.
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Weekday or 24/7 support
Advanced support customers get direct 24/7 access to our enterprise open source support team through our web portal, knowledge base or via phone.
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Adopting a secure enterprise
Linux desktop
Learn more about how you can adopt Linux securely for development teams in a Windows-centric organisation, without compromising on manageability and compliance.
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High performance
on your choice of hardware
To offer the best performance on Ubuntu, manufacturers are pre-loading devices with an Ubuntu certified image. Canonical is committed to working closely with the world’s leading manufacturers to optimise and certify Ubuntu on their laptops and PCs.
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Endorsed by partners and customers
“Developers and data science teams use the Ubuntu platform to support their most important work. Our collaboration with Canonical enables industry innovators to get AI-powered insights from their data faster”.
Manuvir Das
NVIDIA, Head of Enterprise Computing
Seamless integration with your existing infrastructure
Advanced Active Directory support (GPO)
Microsoft Active Directory integration is available by default for user authentication. Ubuntu Pro users receive access to advanced functionalities like GPO support, like remote script execution and privilege management through ADsys.
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Cloud identity providers integration
Newer versions of Ubuntu include Authd, a new authentication daemon that allows direct integration with cloud-based identity providers for both Ubuntu Desktop and Server. At launch, Authd supports Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) identity provider, with additional providers to be introduced in the future.
Supported by key Microsoft tools
Microsoft Intune on Ubuntu Desktop enables custom policy compliance and gated access to corporate resources via the Microsoft Edge browser. Ubuntu also supports critical business and administration applications such as Powershell and Microsoft Teams.
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Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) gives Windows developers a full Ubuntu terminal experience and easy access to cutting edge open source tools. IT administrators can leverage Ubuntu Pro to remotely manage and secure their developer instances.
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Virtual desktops, powered by AWS
Ubuntu Desktop on Amazon WorkSpaces offers developers an optimised Ubuntu Desktop environment to rapidly build, test and deploy code — spinning up and tearing down instances as required.
IT organisations benefit from rapid deployment, configuration and scalability for their managed Ubuntu Desktops whilst their applications and data remain secured in the AWS cloud, even when their developers are working remotely.
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Day zero support with Ubuntu
Desktop Enterprise Services
Designed to help your developers get up and running on Ubuntu as quickly as possible. Canonical engineers partner with you to deliver a solution tailored to your needs, including:
- Custom image creation
- Post-deployment automation
- Active Directory integration
- Security configuration
- Landscape deployment and registration
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