Curriculum
MacTech InDepth’s curriculum is set by MacTech with a combination of speakers from both the region, and nationally.
Topics
MacTech InDepth: OS X Server Administration will spend the entire day focused on Mac OS X Server. Topics will include:
- Differences between Lion and Snow Leopard
- Understanding Issues
- Working with DNS
- Definition and Uses of Open Directory
- Relevance of OS improvements to SMBs
- Mobile Device Management
- Visual and Functional updates
- Changes in Applications
- Changes in general admin tasks
- Network Configuration Requirements
Sessions
Each event has a different set of speakers who bring their own set of experiences, examples, and more to their presentation. Session content continually evolves and is updated regularly. As a result, it is subject to change (without notice). With that in mind, here’s the session descriptions for the event.
Session Title:
The Elephant in the Room
Time: 45 minutes including Q&A
- Snow vs. Lion
- Why Snow Leopard Server was not the last great Apple Server
- Advanced Services
- FTP
- Apache management GUI’s
- Service ACLs
- Analyzing the needs of a prospective OS X Server customer
- Profile Manager
- File Sharing
- Podcast Publisher
- Command Line Administration
Session Title:
Setting solid foundations
Time: 45 minutes including Q&A
- Internet DNS
- Routing to your server
- Port Forwarding
- DMZ
- Stupid Router Tricks
- MX, SVR, and SPF
- Open Directory: The Kind is Dead, Long live the king
Session Title:
Mobile Device Management 101: Apple’s IPCU/Apple Configurator
Time: 30 minutes including Q&A
- Mobile Device Management Overview
- Introduction to Apple’s IPCU
- Practicality of use
- IPCU Interface
- Managing Devices
Session Title:
DNS, Ahh, run away, run away
Time: 40 minutes including Q&A
- Stop your whining, why DNS is easy
- DNS and BIND
- What really matters
- A, MX, CNAME, and PTR records
- Server Admin DNS configuration
- DNS at the registrar level
- Splitting the horizon
- Internet and Internal DNS
Session Title:
Administering a Server with just Server.app
Time: 45 minutes including Q&A
- The Services
- General Administration
- Collaboration Services: Address Book, iCal, iChat and Mail
- File Sharing and Time Machine Server
- Profile Manager
- VPN
- Web and Wiki
- Storage
Session Title:
Web Administration of OS X Server
Time: 35 minutes including Q&A
- Mobile Device Management
- Services you can administer or use from a web page
- Profile Manager and Devices
- Webmail
- Podcast Publisher
- iCal
- Wiki Server
Session Title:
Going old school, using the old tools
Time: 45 minutes including Q&A
- Server Admin: What is left, and why?
- Workgroup Manager
- Advanced DNS
- Using RADIUS
- Advanced Mail Server Configuration
- Working with Open Directory
- MCX
- User and Group Management
- Computer and Computer Group Management
Session Title:
Deployment Part I: Tools & Concepts
Time: 45 minutes including Q&A
- NetBoot, NetRestore, and 3rd party tools
- Network configuration requirements
- Using a Software Update Server
- Difference between NetBooting and NetRestoring
- Master Image Creation Best Practices
- Spanning Tree and Port Fast
- DHCP
- Deploying to more than one subnet
- Firewall ports to open
- Configuring client machines locally
- Using Profile Manager, MCX settings, or DeployStudio to configure clients to point at SUS
Session Title:
Deployment Part II: DeployStudio
Time: 45 minutes including Q&A
- DeployStudio Creation Techniques
- DeployStudio Management Techniques
- Making an NBI Set
- Creating master images
- Creating workflows
- Using tools for Admin Tasks
- The computers database