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Using Mac OS X Lion Server by Charles Edge
The new version of Apple’s Mac server platform offers many new services to support workgroups at home or the office. The new software is an evolutionary revision of Snow Leopard Server, but is priced for everyone at $50. “Using OS X Lion Server” helps non-sysadmins set up and maintain services for sharing files, mail and calendars on their desktops, tablets, or mobile devices. The book covers new web, wiki, chat and podcasting server management tool, as well as tools for managing configurations of multiple OS installations across a network. The book concludes with advice for setting up a home media server. Apple has released 6 versions of their Mac server platform. The original Lion announcement said that the server components would be bundled with the OS and not marketed as a separate project. This changed in the Spring of 2011 and Apple announced the server package would be available separately for $50. Major features include: File sharing between Mac, Windows, Linux and over the InternetiCal ServerWiki ServeriChat ServerAddress Book ServerSMTP, POP/IMAP, mailing lists, webmail serverServer-side spam filtering and virus detectionPodcasting tools and servicesWeb serverDirectory services and authenticationProfile manager for supporting multiple OS installationsNetworking and VPN servicesDistributed computing with XgridAutomated backups and RAIDXsan
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