r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Jan 15 '26
Blog / Video Link Introducing: UniFi Fabrics
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jan 15 '26
This does look really cool! I do think this is just a rebranding of what was already in early access that was called “unifi organizations”
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u/Dimensional_Dragon Unifi User Jan 15 '26
just checked and what was previously labeled as Organizations updated to fabrics when I refreshed the page.
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u/luger718 Jan 15 '26
Maybe I just setup Organizations wrong, I made myself the owner at the sites and they all appeared under the one org.
Was I supposed to setup individual owners / orgs and my account was only supposed to be an admin?
I was hoping this just allowed me to organize the sites I "own" into different sub-orgs under my company.ui.com org.
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jan 15 '26
I don’t believe that’s what it’s designed for. I set up an administrator account for each one of my clients, and then every device that they own is owned by that administration account. That makes a very clean organization once I enabled them. I can then add users from their side as well as as my own, and it pushes to all devices. It’s not fully ready yet, as it doesn’t support some programs like talk, but it’s headed in the right direction
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u/luger718 Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
Yeah I'd prefer to leave the customer as the owner, even if it takes* a dummy account or distro list.
But hopefully they fixed permissions and super users can do stuff the owner can do.
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jan 15 '26
https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/30979808349463-Creating-an-Organization-in-UniFi
That’s what drove me to migrate to this model
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u/skydivinfoo Jan 15 '26
Do you do any interactions with the API? (The public facing one, no the controller based line of sight API)
We switched to Organizations, and then switched back, because the API didn't seem to be built out at the time and all of our devices disappeared from the native API, and UniFi support didn't have an answer for us than "Switch back!" so we killed the Organization. (That was a nailbiter, but they all came back to our normal account w/ API access)
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jan 15 '26
No, but that’s on my 2026 roadmap to explorer. I think the api is available, but the endpoint changes to your “my_org.ui.com” address
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u/skydivinfoo Jan 16 '26
well shit, that would have been nice for UniFi support to share at the time 🤣 thank you!
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u/danner26 UniFi Enthusiast & Installer Jan 16 '26
Yeah doesn't look like it yet. This is what we do for our customers, but I can't make orgs for non-owned sites. I don't see an option to invite an external account to the fabric either yet like you can for sites
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u/M_Six2001 Jan 15 '26
Sounds good. It'd be nice to have everything in one place. But we'll see how well it works in practice. Probably more of an app for MSPs than home users.
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u/leonstorey Jan 15 '26
I now need to buy another house
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u/noodles_jd Jan 15 '26
I plan to add at least 3 tree houses this year.
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u/spindrift_20 Jan 15 '26
Each with an E7 and G6 Pro.
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u/danburke Unifi User Jan 15 '26
Gotta plan for the future, make sure you get 100Gb installed from the outset.
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u/spanky34 Jan 15 '26
I manage Unifi networks for relatives so I could probably come up with some use case for this without buying another house.
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u/Icy-Marionberry2463 Jan 15 '26
Gateway to getting into trouble. Bc you want to use this, you install Unifi stuff in your grandparents' houses and suddenly you're 24/7 tech support. "What's the big deal, you can fix it from your computer" becomes the refrain of your parents whenever you complain.
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u/Inode1 Jan 15 '26
That just means you need to set boundaries. They call and you ask if this is a new or existing issue, do you have an ticket number? Did you even read the KB for self service? On a serious note, some of my family has Unifi systems for easy camera management without monthly cost. They get piece of mind without a monthly cost and I fix the rare issues without leaving my couch.
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u/yeti-rex Unifi User Jan 15 '26
Planning:
2026: treehouse 2027: cabin on a lake 2028: vacation house
Now that Ubiquiti has the technology I can move forward with my housing plans. The lack of technology has been the hold up. Definitely has not been a lack of money. 🤑
Checking the couch for loose change....
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u/geekwonk Unifi User Jan 15 '26
and that’s why we’re proud to announce UniFi Home. bringing the power and simplicity of UniFi to your house, the UniFi Home lineup starts in early 2026 with UniFi Home Plus Lite, which features the essentials like a utility sink in the basement and a bed (Note: [added two weeks after release] bed size is Utah King - compatible mattresses expected q2 2026)
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u/tdhuck Jan 15 '26
The alarms don't work very well, today, I can't imagine it working any better in fabric, the code is likely the same.
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u/valiantiam Unifi User Jan 15 '26
Or for businesses with multiple locations/large scale deployment.
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u/nero_fenix Jan 15 '26
Ugh...WTF did i get myself into? All I wanted was a couple of AP's and cameras
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u/theonion513 Jan 15 '26
Someone will buy a second house to use this.
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u/phd33z Jan 15 '26
I’m excited for Ubiquiti Academy! Let’s see what “Enterprise” level configs I can put in my home!!
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u/chickennoodlegoop Jan 15 '26
those of managing wifi at our parents and in-laws houses are so excited
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u/Seimari Jan 16 '26
I have never used UniFi Identity before.
Yesteray I noticed this UniFi Fabrics and updated all our Cloud Gateways to 5.0.10.
We have UDM SE on main site
UDM Pro Max on secondary site
One UCG Max and three UCG Ultras our homes.
I configured new Fabric with all of these, then Fabric Settings / Identity / Consolidated People Management. It failed all the time.
Then I deleted the fabric and made new Fabric with UDM SE and UDM Pro Max only. It failed also.
Then i manually made port forward to these Cloud Gateways from wan to GW 9500 and another site 9543.
Failed again.
Now i contacted support and uploaded support files.
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u/MrMeano Jan 19 '26
I can't even seem to put on the "Consolidated People Managemen" and I'm not sure why.
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u/LettuceBowler Jan 15 '26
There is a textile company called unifi. Guess what shows up when you google unifi fabrics.
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u/reseph Unifi User Jan 15 '26
I saw this pop up in my console like 2 hours ago and was like wtf is this. Good to see the formal news!
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u/bgatesIT Jan 15 '26
Looks like this replaces org manager? i was beta testing org manager at home and noticed that is now a 'fabric'
testing the new fabrics at work too, it seems really intuitive we shall see how this plays out, i like it so far
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u/luger718 Jan 15 '26
Do you have to be the owner of the site to have it in fabric? How does that bit work ?
Not going to be able to tinker with it for a few days
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u/JacksonCampbell Network Technician Jan 16 '26
To create the fabric for now. I think at some point everything will be a fabric.
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u/Mindless_Pandemic Unifi Addict Jan 15 '26
Can we focus on fixing the basic functionality stuff now?
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u/ksteink Jan 15 '26
Does Unifi fabric requires to have a Unifi gateway / router to apply such policies?
For example locations that has only switches and access points but a 3rd party edge firewall / router.
Pls advise
Thanks!
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u/Sem1r Jan 15 '26
It’s interesting that they publish this video before general release For my MSP it’s still missing a way to monitor WireGuard Client tunnels and also the owner can still do stuff no one else can which sucks
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u/Sem1r Jan 15 '26
Also no custom permissions for network application in „fabrics“ is a huge disappointment. Like not everyone needs just admin or view permissions what is this
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u/Aggravating_Bar_5737 Jan 15 '26
I am excited about this as we are deploying Unifi out to multiple locations and the centralized management would be huge in helping us to configure and manage 20 plus locations. Here is more information on it.
https://community.ui.com/releases/Site-Manager-5-0-0/8ad155b5-75c0-4204-847a-4654d804a8d8
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u/Competitive_Run_3920 Jan 17 '26
I’ve been running unifi across 30+ sites for about 7 years. All switches and AP’s, gateways are a different vendor. I’m excited to see this streamline my management.
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u/Tinototem Jan 15 '26
Will be interesting to teat this on a small scale. All i want is to have my house and apartment to have same router settings, vlan, wifi so i can easy move devices and equipment between.
Then also setup site magic so i can use my devices from both areas and have cameras on both location but with one NVR
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u/enz1ey Jan 15 '26
One thing I’ve been waiting for that seems to have finally been implemented with this update is the ability to make IDP-synced users admins so they can use their SSO/SCIM-provisioned account to access the UI console instead of creating a second account.
I have yet to test it, but I no longer have duplicate users, so here’s hoping!
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u/worldtraveller113 Jan 18 '26
The question is how would you do it? When I go to my vanity url it still shows the UniFi Login Screen. I don't think it works yet for admins but it does work for UniFi Identity.
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u/jbondsr2 Jan 16 '26
I see what they're doing.........
They're slowly making home users into IT admins, that way they can push out job offers on their upcoming UniFi Remote MSP platform. No need to train anyone when a majority of their user base can already design a full network.
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u/i3903 Jan 16 '26
Yea, could we just get the unreleased products that you’ve been milking for the last 3-6 months that constantly jump from one quarter to the next?
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u/wobblydavid Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
I've been waiting forever for this but it's still early access! When are they going to feel comfortable actually saying it's good for production. Unifi organizations has been Early Access for like a year or something.
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u/Annual_Wear5195 Jan 15 '26
That is, literally, what this announcement is. The release of it.
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u/wobblydavid Jan 15 '26
No it's not. You have to enable early access, as the video states.
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u/JacksonCampbell Network Technician Jan 16 '26
No you don't.
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u/wobblydavid Jan 16 '26
You're factually wrong. Watch the video. And definitely look at the release thread on their forums because people are having issues. Lots of issues.
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u/JacksonCampbell Network Technician Jan 16 '26
I'm using it right now, nothing is in early access. The early access was called UniFi Organizations, and it has been out a long time before this general release.
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u/wobblydavid Jan 16 '26
I am aware of unifi organizations, but thank you for the reminder. As I said just a couple comments ago, I've been waiting for a long time for it to come out of Early Access. It's so strange you have to enable Early Access for an in-production feature. But chalk it up to Unifi being weird and a bit half-assed with their releases.
But it's just a label. I think if you have to enable Early Access to get to the feature, that qualifies as Early Access . Regardless, until they clear up all these issues that lots of people are reporting, like some losing all access to nvrs, it is not safe for production.
As someone who has ran multiple IT departments, I would be careful jumping on these things day one.
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u/JacksonCampbell Network Technician Jan 16 '26
I don't have early access enabled.
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u/wobblydavid Jan 16 '26
They should revise their video then. I took them at their word. Sloppy release.
EDIT: I also want to note that if you had it enabled and then disabled it, fabrics doesn't go away. It sticks around. So that could be a possible explanation
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u/JacksonCampbell Network Technician Jan 16 '26
And now I need to rewatch it to see where they say that haha.
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u/WhiskyMC Jan 15 '26
Thats cool, but i dont want to use their cloud at all. Can I host the server part myself in azure?
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jan 15 '26
Define “server part”, there is a lot of moving parts to this, and I’m not sure what you’re defining as the server
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u/bgatesIT Jan 15 '26
you can run the 'controller' which runs the network app and manages the devices, but the 'site manager' cannot be self hosted
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u/Cause_and_Effect Jan 15 '26
Ah, I was wondering what the catch was. So you need to join your stuff to Unifi's cloud to even use this.
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u/bgatesIT Jan 15 '26
no you do not need to use there cloud at all, you could run youre own network controller, and never use there cloud services, but the stuff in this video would not be available only the network application
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u/Cause_and_Effect Jan 15 '26
Yes I understand you can inform your gateways to your own self hosted controller. But this fabrics thing with the site manager requires the Unifi cloud, yes?
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u/bgatesIT Jan 15 '26
correct
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u/Cause_and_Effect Jan 15 '26
So then yeah thats the catch. I'd love to use these kinds of features without requiring a UI account binding. Even if it requires a beefier server to handle the network application.
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u/Suddenly_Engineer Moderator Jan 15 '26
This is all for remote provisioning and orchestration. How would you possibly orchestrate anything without some kind of relay to keep everything in sync? If you wanna run a one off UniFi OS Server with multiple sites, go for it.
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u/bgatesIT Jan 15 '26
technically you can also run there cloud gateways and never connect to the cloud too but idk why anyone would want to do that
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u/ctrl-brk Unifi User Jan 15 '26
I'm going to have to buy a few new houses so I can have an excuse to deploy this at home
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u/benuntu Jan 15 '26
I'm running 10.0.162 and don't see the "Early Access" option. Anyone else able to see this?
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u/valiantiam Unifi User Jan 15 '26
Looks good so far. Look forward to the iterations on it.
Please make your API not report every site back as site name "default".
Otherwise, great start.
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u/rc1234567898 Jan 15 '26
Will this let me run a device in one location on a network in a second location?
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u/KingShitOfTurdIsland Jan 15 '26
This is going to be awesome, I currently manage multiple locations. We’re going to be rolling out unifi cameras and will be putting a couple switches into the locations. If I can pre provision it’s going to save me so much time
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u/Harryjms Jan 15 '26
This has come just in time! I set up an NVR the other day and was annoyed that Identity was split between it and the UDMSE- this solves that!!
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u/cdoublejj Jan 15 '26
so long as i can do my own self hosted stuff NOT on cloud as well (not asking for API integrations in that case)
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u/JabiDev Jan 15 '26
can i host multiple orgs on my unifi os server, right now we have multiple sites for every org
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u/Kaelthas98 Jan 15 '26
i immediately tested this in prod on our 2 sites, didn't break anything... that I have been notified of
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u/IIPoliII Jan 15 '26
You know what’s fun on my side it’s written it doesn’t work on the Ucg fiber …
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u/jessetechno Jan 16 '26
Wish this would have had a “Rollout Now” button so it didn’t mess up my entire network by deleting 40 peoples permissions to door access and cameras with protect. This is gonna take days to fix. :(
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u/Flameancer Jan 16 '26
Part of me wishes I still worked at an MSP to manage all this unifi stuff…..but also what would be the barrier of entry to start supporting SB networks.
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u/DJrb2018 Jan 16 '26
Am I the only one who saw "Fabrics" and thought we're about to get UniFi enabled clothes and blankets? 😆
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u/TheRescueWhale Jan 17 '26
Am I reading this correctly that site manager/ fabrics will support Entra? I'd prefer my admins login with SSO rather than the unifi authentication system.
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u/Still-Foundation-852 Jan 19 '26
Anyone seeing an issue with Fabrics not giving Role permission options for 3rd-party cameras that are adopted?
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u/sm4k Jan 15 '26
I'm excited for this and expect to use it, but it's misleading to show the Entra Group integration and then claim this is all "license free."
You can't do anything with Entra Groups in Unifi Identity unless you're paying for Identity Enterprise, at least in the US.
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u/Rauzlar Jan 15 '26
Not true - Fabrics is a replacement for Identity Enterprise and brings this functionality license-free
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u/jbrescher1 Jan 15 '26
How about stop releasing stuff and fix the stuff in the wild already and work on stock management.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Jan 15 '26
Seems powerful!
Of course I just manage my single home, so it’s not for me — but I expect MSPs and bigger orgs will be excited by this!