EuroBSDCon 2024

FreeBSD and Windows Environments
09-22, 16:00–16:45 (Europe/Dublin), Foyer A

The FreeBSD open source operating system provides a powerful set of features to facilitate the deployment, virtualization, and serving of Microsoft Windows environments ranging from small research labs to enterprise deployments. Its exemplary integration with the OpenZFS file system and volume manager, its bhyve hypervisor, and its overall unity play key roles in FreeBSD’s ability to perform these three roles and combined with ported third party software, it can facilitate:

Deployment
Windows Product Registration
Key Retrieval
Automated Installation
Remote Console and Desktop Access
Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Desktop Virtualization
Serving
Bi-directional, SMB, NFS, and iSCSI Sharing
Active Directory Domain Participation
Active Directory Domain Serving
NTFS Mounting and Management
Data Synchronization and Replication
Native Windows OpenZFS Deployment

Michael has provided professional OpenZFS support for over a decade and organizes weekly "Trifecta" Production User Calls pertaining to Jails and Zones, OpenZFS, and the bhyve Hypervisor, that are open to all. Michael lives in Portland, Oregon with his three children, dog, cat, and five chickens.