Charles Edge, Zack Smith, and Beau Hunter provide detailed explanations of the technology required for large-scale Mac OS X deployments and show you how to integrate it with other operating systems and applications.

Enterprise Mac Administrator's Guide addresses the growing size and spread of Mac OS X deployments in corporations and institutions worldwide. In some cases, this is due to the growth of traditional Mac environments, but for the most part it has to do with "switcher" campaigns, where Windows and/or Linux environments are migrating to Mac OS X. However, there is a steep culture shock with these types of migrations. The products that are used are different, the nomenclature is different, and most importantly the best practices for dealing with the operating system are different.

Apple provides a number of tools to help automate and guide IT toward managing a large number of Mac OS X computers–it has since before Mac OS X was initially released. However, if you want to put together all of the pieces to tell a compelling story about how to run an IT department or a deployment of Macs, you need to compile information from a number of different sources. This book will provide explanations of the technology required.

• Provides complete solutions for the large- and medium-scale integration of directory services, imaging, and security
• Complete guide for integrating Macs and Mac OS X into mixed environments with confidence and no down time
• One-stop volume for IT professionals who need the technical details to get their job done as efficiently and effectively as possible

What youll learn

• Choose a directory services model that works for your organization and integrate it into your existing model
• Choose an imaging model and begin imaging workstations with or without third-party products
• Leverage scripting techniques to reduce labor for the IT department
• Provide network services (file sharing, mobile home folders, messaging, etc.) to the Mac OS X clients
• Mass-deploy the iPhone

Who this book is for


System administrators and IT professionals who need to manage a large number of Mac OS X computers, be they Mac OS X–based servers or workstations. The assumption is that readers are somewhat familiar with Mac OS X and/or IT in general, but not that they are familiar with the Apple system internals, server services, or deployment techniques.

Table of Contents

1. Directory Services
2. Directory Services Clients
3. Active Directory
4. Storage
5. Messaging and Groupware
6. Mass Deployment
7. Client Management
8. Automating Administrative Tasks
9. Virtualization
10. iPhone

Customer Reviews & Comments
The Mac admin world is full of resources which basically parrot Apple's official guidance and practice. Great in theory, but unless you're running a 100% Mac environment, you're left to figure out how to integrate things on your own. I've only had time to quickly browse through a few chapters, but I can already tell that this book is an exception to that stereotype. Full of practical advice and examples on integrating Macs into true *Enterprise* environments, it touches on things as diverse as customizing Microsoft Office 2008 deployments to 3rd party Active Directory tools to cross-platform Xsan integration. For my day-to-day Mac admin needs, this book could pretty much replace every other one on the shelf. It has the depth and scope lacking in most other resources, while being clearly written and full of great examples and illustrations where appropriate. I should have bought this a LONG time ago.

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