Wiley Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server For Dummies 978-0-470-45036-9 ユーザーズマニュアル

In This Chapter

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Answering the burning question: Why do I need a server?

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Exploring the services and tools in Snow Leopard Server

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Discovering what’s new in Snow Leopard Server

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Keeping out of trouble with Apple

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t comes with a wide array of user services: file and print sharing, calendar, 
contacts, Web, e-mail, instant messaging, media streaming, and more. It’s 

versatile enough to support Macs and PCs running Windows, Unix, and Linux. 
It even supports iPhones.

It’s reliable; built on the solid foundation of Unix. At the same time, it has the 
ease of use of a Macintosh. Anyone can set it up, get it running, and manage it, 
and you won’t need an IT department. Seriously technical professionals will find 
tools for the kind of configuration customization that they’re accustomed to.

It is Mac OS X Server.

Snow Leopard Server (also known as Mac OS X Server 10.6) is the seventh 
major version from Apple. Unlike Microsoft, which releases the Windows 
user version before the server version, Apple develops user and server ver-
sions at the same time. Snow Leopard Server looks like the copy of Snow 
Leopard running on users’ Macs. And Mac OS X Server runs on Apple hard-
ware, of course — it runs on any Mac that Apple makes today, as well as 
some older models. Snow Leopard Server can be used at home, in a small 
business, or by a department in a large business.

In this chapter, I describe what you can do with Snow Leopard Server, pro-
viding an overview of all the services in one place. I also point out what’s new 
and improved in this version. But first, see what a server can do for you.

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