I-Samba 4.2.0 yinguqulelo entsha ezinzileyo kwisebe leSamba 4.2 kwaye ilungele ukukhutshelwa kunye nokusetyenziswa. Isuti entsha yeSamba ibandakanya ukuphuculwa nokulungiswa okuninzi kuthelekiswa nohlobo lwayo lwangaphambili. Kulabo bangaphantsi kwesihloko, i-Samba kukuphumeza simahla kwe-Microsoft Windows CIFS yefayile yokwabelana ngomgaqo olandelwayo we-UNIX. A) Ewe, Iikhompyuter zeLinux, IMac OS X okanye nayiphi na enye i-nix, inokusebenza njengamaseva asebenzisana noomatshini beWindows kunye neenethiwekhi.
Isoftware yasimahla iSamba 4.2.0 ibikho Kukhutshwa ngoMatshi 4, 2015 kunye nabaphuhlisi sele besebenza kwinguqulelo elandelayo yolingo esiya kuba nakho ukonwabela kwikamva. Kwaye enye into ekufuneka uyigcinile engqondweni kukuba iinguqulelo ezindala zeSamba 3 ziya kushiywa ukugxila kwiinguqulelo zamva nje.
Entsha kwiSamba 4.2.0 ibandakanya ukubakho koxinzelelo lwefayile ebonakalayo kwii-Btrfs, yongeza imodyuli ye-Snapper VFS, ukhuseleko kunye nokusebenziseka kophuculo, UWinbindd usebenzisa i-Samba AD DC ngokungagqibekanga, amanqaku amatsha kwi-SMB2 protocol, i-DCERPC yokufumana uhlaselo "lomntu ophakathi", inkxaso yokuhlangana, kunye nokunye okukhulu.
Ukuba unomdla wokwazi ngakumbi, unokufikelela kwi iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeprojekthi.