Apple 10.5 Leopard manual Getting Started with Leopard Server in Small Workgroups

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Getting Started with Leopard Server in Small Workgroups

When most people think about the word server, they think about monolithic machines in labyrinthine, air-conditioned rooms keeping e-commerce websites online, or high-performance machines sequencing the human genome. And don’t be surprised to find Mac OS X Server in those environments performing those large-scale tasks.

But as much as servers help businesses with large-scale needs, they can be just as helpful for businesses with simpler requirements. And they’re affordable, too.

Mac OS X Server 10.5 (also known as “Leopard Server”) is an incredibly flexible platform for building your custom IT infrastructure. Anyone can do it. Really. Start small, and it can grow with you.

When you’re working alone, it’s pretty simple to keep track of your stuff. You’ve got your calendar, your address book, and your documents all on one handy drive. But when more people come into the mix, a server can give the entire group access to one central location for all their data. No more shuffling files back and forth, wondering if you have the latest version. Leopard Server gives you 24/7 access to a single holding place for all your important files, shared contacts, and calendars, plus the ability

to manage your email and web presence yourself. That means your sensitive data lives on your hardware, not someone else’s. Your server also holds onto collaborative documents like wikis and blogs so you can access them anytime, anywhere.

Here are some highlights of benefits you get from

Leopard Server:

•Mail. Based entirely on open standards, providing compatibility with your existing network infrastructure. Complete with junk mail filtering and virus detection and quarantine. The Mail server supports Macs, PCs, iPhones and other mobile devices.

•File Sharing and Spotlight Server. With all your documents in one place, sharing has never been easier. Just as on your own machine, use Spotlight to quickly search the server for anything.

•iCal Server. Schedule meetings, subscribe to shared calendars, and send or receive invitations with iCal, our user-friendly calendaring application. Plus schedule conference rooms, projectors, and the like.

•Wiki, Blog, and Web Servers. Bring the power of Wikipedia into your company and create your own wiki so anyone on your team can add, edit, and share online information, making it that much easier to keep everything up-to-date and complete.

Also, each member of your team can have his/her own blog, and you can publish all of this easily to the Internet. No designer? No problem. Use one of our templates to kick-start creativity.