samba - Jan 2021 - Samba domain member compatibility Windows 2019 AD?

I sent the message below last week, but I didn't get an answer yet. Samba
Team, could one of you please answer my question?

Thanks,
Remy Zandwijk


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Hi list,

I am running Samba 4.10.15 on FreeBSD 12.1 as member server of a Windows 2012R2
AD domain. The AD is managed by an other group in our IT department and they
informed me that they are going to upgrade to Windows 2019 AD the end of
February.

Is Samba (in the domain member role) compatible with Windows 2019 AD and
Domain/Forest Functional Level 2019? Can someone confirm this is the case? What
would be the minimum Samba version which supports it?

I could not find this information on the Samba Wiki or other places, except for
someone saying 'it should work'. Obviously, I want to know and make sure
it does work.

Thanks,
Remy Zandwijk


P.S. Yes, I am aware that Samba 4.10.x is not supported anymore, plans for
upgrading are in the making, but the sudden AD upgrade took me by surprise.

On 18/01/2021 11:00, Remy Zandwijk via samba wrote:
> I sent the message below last week, but I didn't get an answer yet.
Samba Team, could one of you please answer my question?
>
> I am running Samba 4.10.15 on FreeBSD 12.1 as member server of a Windows
2012R2 AD domain. The AD is managed by an other group in our IT department and
they informed me that they are going to upgrade to Windows 2019 AD the end of
February.
You should be able to run any supported version of Samba as a Unix 
domain member joined to a Windows 2019 DC, that part of Samba hasn't 
changed that much. The problems would? come if you tried to Join Samba 
as a DC to 2019.

Rowland