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 Release Announcements
 =====================
 
-This is the first preview release of Samba 4.5.  This is *not*
+This is the first preview release of Samba 4.10.  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 4.5 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
+Samba 4.10 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
 
 
 UPGRADING
 =========
 
-Nothing special.
-
 
 NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
 ====================
 
+GPO Improvements
+----------------
+
+A new 'samba-tool gpo export' command has been added that can export a
+set of Group Policy Objects from a domain in a generalised XML format.
+
+A corresponding 'samba-tool gpo restore' command has been added to
+rebuild the Group Policy Objects from the XML after generalization.
+(The administrator needs to correct the values of XML entities between
+the backup and restore to account for the change in domain).
+
+kdc prefork
+-----------
+
+The KDC now supports the pre-fork process model and worker processes will be
+forked for the KDC when the pre-fork process model is selected for samba.
+
+prefork 'prefork children'
+--------------------------
+
+The default value for this smdb.conf parameter has been increased from 1 to
+4.
+
+netlogon prefork
+----------------
+
+DCERPC now supports pre-forked NETLOGON processes. The netlogon processes are
+pre-forked when the prefork process model is selected for samba.
+
+Offline domain backups
+----------------------
+
+The 'samba-tool domain backup' command has been extended with a new 'offline'
+option. This safely creates a backup of the local DC's database directly from
+disk. The main benefits of an offline backup are it's quicker, it stores more
+database details (for forensic purposes), and the samba process does not have
+to be running when the backup is made. Refer to the samba-tool help for more
+details on using this command.
+
+Group membership statistics
+---------------------------
+
+A new 'samba-tool group stats' command has been added. This provides summary
+information about how the users are spread across groups in your domain.
+The 'samba-tool group list --verbose' command has also been updated to include
+the number of users in each group.
+
 REMOVED FEATURES
 ================
 
-only user and username parameters
----------------------------------
-These two parameters have long been deprecated and superseded by
-"valid users" and "invalid users".
+samba_backup
+------------
+
+The samba_backup script has been removed. This has now been replaced by the
+'samba-tool domain backup offline' command.
 
 smb.conf changes
-----------------
+================
+
+  Parameter Name                     Description             Default
+  --------------                     -----------             -------
 
-  Parameter Name               Description             Default
-  --------------               -----------             -------
-  only user                    Removed
-  username                     Removed
 
 KNOWN ISSUES
 ============
 
-Currently none.
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.10#Release_blocking_bugs
+
 
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