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 Release Announcements
 =====================
 
-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.7.  This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.8.  This is *not*
 intended for production environments and is designed for testing
 purposes only.  Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
 system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
 
-Samba 4.7 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.8 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
 
 
 UPGRADING
@@ -16,18 +16,60 @@ UPGRADING
 NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
 ====================
 
+Using x86_64 Accelerated AES Crypto Instructions
+================================================
+
+Samba on x86_64 can now be configured to use the Intel accelerated AES
+instruction set, which has the potential to make SMB3 signing and
+encryption much faster on client and server. To enable this, configure
+Samba using the new option --accel-aes=intelaesni.
+
+This is a temporary solution that is being included to allow users
+to enjoy the benefits of Intel accelerated AES on the x86_64 platform,
+but the longer-term solution will be to move Samba to a fully supported
+external crypto library.
+
+The third_party/aesni-intel code will be removed from Samba as soon as
+external crypto library performance reaches parity.
+
+The default is to build without setting --accel-aes, which uses the
+existing Samba software AES implementation.
 
 smb.conf changes
 ================
 
-  Parameter Name                Description             Default
-  --------------                -----------             -------
+  Parameter Name                     Description             Default
+  --------------                     -----------             -------
+  oplock contention limit            Removed
+
+NT4-style replication based net commands removed
+================================================
+
+The following commands and sub-commands have been removed from the
+"net" utility:
 
+net rpc samdump
+net rpc vampire ldif
+
+Also, replicating from a real NT4 domain with "net rpc vampire" and
+"net rpc vampire keytab" has been removed.
+
+The NT4-based commands were accidentially broken in 2013, and nobody
+noticed the breakage. So instead of fixing them including tests (which
+would have meant writing a server for the protocols, which we don't
+have) we decided to remove them.
+
+For the same reason, the "samsync", "samdeltas" and "database_redo"
+commands have been removed from rpcclient.
+
+"net rpc vampire keytab" from Active Directory domains continues to be
+supported.
 
 KNOWN ISSUES
 ============
 
-Currently none.
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.8#Release_blocking_bugs
+
 
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