Alan,<div><br></div><div>These 'hybrid' environments are actually quite common, especially in the tertiary sector. In fact, the reverse is also true. If you have a predominantly Mac network, you would still have a Windows Server to run Active Directory for any Windows computer that you might plug in. </div>
<div><br></div><div>It isn't called the magic triangle for nothing as it is a cinch to manage. The trick is to set it up correctly with the right advice and hardware for a typical secondary school environment. Daniel Stefyn <a href="mailto:dstefyn@gmail.com">dstefyn@gmail.com</a> helped us with ours and more recently, a couple of OSX deployments and AD integrations around the place (you are not the only school thinking of heading down this path). Give him a call.<div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Regards Roland</div><div><br></div><div>PS: Disclaimer, Dan once worked at a tech at our college and volunteered support for the VITTA conference. You have already bumped into him. ;-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 8 June 2011 16:08, Williams, Rachael J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:williams.rachael.j@edumail.vic.gov.au">williams.rachael.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Alan,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have both MAC and PC platforms at Mooroolbark College running beautifully.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Below is our answer to your question</p><div class="im">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Do I need to have a Mac server? What can I use for imaging the 30 iMacs? Authentication on the network? More questions which I haven’t thought of yet.</span></b></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Best way is to have a mac server to be able to manage the mac settings. Imaging can be done using deploy studio but does need a mac server to run. All imaging for macs
need a mac server. Authentication can be done off the mac server or 2008 domain if that’s what they are running by using whats known as the magic triangle where the auth is from the Active directory and the client management is from the mac server.</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rachael</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Rachael Williams<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 8 June 2011 3:11 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Offtopic] Mac and PC living in harmony</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I would like to know if there are schools out there which have both Mac and PC computer labs. If so (and I am sure there are), what does it take to have them running smoothly.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(Background). We are primarily a Windows school, running Windows Servers 2008 R2. We have several PC computer labs. One of the labs is coming up for renewal and one of the options was to replace it with Macs with a new
primary school curriculum.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Do I need to have a Mac server? What can I use for imaging the 30 iMacs? Authentication on the network? More questions which I haven’t thought of yet.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Basically, what do I need to arm myself with to manage both camps?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks for listening to the ramblings.</span></p>
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