Commissioning and initial operation of FERMI@ELETTRA

This article describes the design goals of FERMI@Elettra, reports on the goals achieved so far and shows how the facility development has been driven by the new research frontier of ultra-fast, extreme ultra-violet and soft X-ray science. The commissioning phases and first experience with user pilot experiments are presented and discussed. Copyright © 2011 by IPAC'11/EPS-AG.