Re: Using a MAC in SBS Network

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If you have already installed with .local you can't change it without a reinstall. MAC's don't like .local so .lan or .office is preferred. There are workarounds but if the box is not in production yet a flatten and reinstall might be good.

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Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
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"PWT24" <PWT24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9BBF911A-CA15-4F3C-9C25-2F5FD66CE0FC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks. I am not familiar with Entourage but I will look into it.

Also, why would changing the internal domain help?

Finally, I have never used anything but Symantec, which I am not thrilled
with either, but not sure what to buy from Trend Micro as it is out of my
comfort zone. I will check out the CSM for SMB. Does this cover AV, client
security and Anti-Spam?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

PWT24 wrote:
> Does anyone have any advice for adding a MAC to an SBS Network?
>
> I am building a new network for a company 5-10 users, using SBS 2003
> and one of the users has a MAC notebook with OS X that they want on
> the network. I have read other posts that discuss Outlooks
> incompatibility so I understand we will be forced to use OWA only on
> the MAC.
>
> Also, I have quoted Symantec Anti-Virus Enterprise Edition to go on
> the network but I am not sure how that will play out with the MAC.
>
> Are there any other issues to be concerned with or tips you can
> provide on connecting?
>
> Thanks!!

Get Entourage on the Mac for e-mail and they'll have a more, er,
"Outlook-like" experience.

When you set up the server, don't use a .local domain name internally - use
something else, like .lan or internal.realdomain.com. You may need to play
with SMB signing stuff on the server; I haven't done this for a while so I
don't remember for sure.

Macs don't need antivirus software, but your server does....make sure you've
got good Exchange-aware AV on there. I am not a fan of Symantec products in
general and their Exchange stuff is not widely adored amongst Exchange
people....I personally use Trend Micro software on all my networks (for SBS,
I use the "CSM for SMB" suite).



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