10.4. Macintosh Interoperability

In terms of significant new features for Macintosh clients, Windows Server 2008 seems to have less support for the Macintosh than previous versions. While Microsoft has a vital Macintosh development group, most of their efforts seem to have gone into Microsoft Office and desktop applications than into significant network client support. If you create a NAP infrastructure and policy set on your Windows Server 2008 network, Macintosh (and Unix) systems will be put on the restricted network because they lack the requisite health certificates, for example.

With a Macintosh client, you get the following:

  • Access to the Internet

  • Addressing through DHCP, DNS, access file shares, printers, and open terminal sessions to ...

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