[Offtopic] Mac and PC living in harmony

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Alan,

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.

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
dstefyn at gmail.comhelped 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.

Regards Roland

PS: Disclaimer, Dan once worked at a tech at our college and volunteered
support for the VITTA conference. You have already bumped into him. ;-)

On 8 June 2011 16:08, Williams, Rachael J <
williams.rachael.j at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  Hi Alan,
>
>
>
> We have both MAC and PC platforms at Mooroolbark College running
> beautifully.
>
> Below is our answer to your question
>
>
>
> *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.*
>
> * *
>
> *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.*
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rachael
>
>
>
> Rachael Williams
> Assistant Principal
> Mooroolbark College
>
>
> ‘*A place to inspire discovery, value and seize opportunity.’*
>
> P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
>
>
>
> *From:* offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Alan Oh
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 June 2011 3:11 PM
> *To:* 'offtopic at edulists.com.au'
> *Subject:* [Offtopic] Mac and PC living in harmony
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> (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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Basically, what do I need to arm myself with to manage both camps?
>
>
>
> Thanks for listening to the ramblings.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> *Alan Oh*
> *
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 <http://globe.gov/about/>  <http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html> Roland
Gesthuizen - Learning Technologies Coordinator
Keysborough Secondary College <http://www.keysboroughsc.vic.edu.au>, Acacia
Campus

B.App.Sci., M.Ed.(ICT), ACCE Professional Associate, Educator of the year
2010

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