Understanding Macintosh Services
Each of the three components that together provide Macintosh support in Windows Server 2003 has its own set of responsibilities:
The AppleTalk stack handles network communications with Macintosh clients that use AppleTalk, as well as AppleTalk routing. You can install and use the AppleTalk protocol without the file or print services; doing so lets you route AppleTalk traffic or accept calls through Remote Access Service (RAS) from remote Macintosh users.
FSM handles the publishing of files from a MAV to Macintosh clients. As part of that duty, it converts Macintosh file forks that are pre– Mac OS X to and from NTFS streams in real time; it also manages the creator, type, and icon data needed by Mac OS Finder. ...
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