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10 Preface About This Supplement
Collaboration Services
Collaboration services promote interactions among users, facilitating teamwork and
productivity. Mac OS X Server continues to provide such collaborative support as
mailing list management, group account and folder management, and cross-platform
file sharing. Two new collaborative services have been added for version 10.4:
 Weblog service. Mac OS X Server provides a multiuser weblog server that complies
with the RSS and Atom XML standards. Weblog service supports Open Directory
authentication. For additional safety, users can access Weblog service using a website
that’s SSL enabled.
 iChat service. Mac OS X Server provides instant messaging for Macintosh, Windows,
and Linux users. User authentication is integrated into Open Directory, and setup and
administration of iChat service is done using the graphical Server Admin application.
What’s in This Supplement
This getting started supplement includes two chapters, two appendixes, and a glossary.
 Chapter 1, “Mac OS X Server in Action,” provides a brief graphical tour that highlights
services and configurations in some popular deployment scenarios.
 Chapter 2, “Inside Mac OS X Server,” introduces the services that Mac OS X Server
offers and tells you where to find more information about them.
 Appendix A, “Mac OS X Server Worksheet,” is a form for recording information you’ll
need when you install and set up Mac OS X Server.
 Appendix B, “Setup Example,” illustrates how you might install Mac OS X Server and
perform initial server setup in a small business.
 The glossary briefly defines the terms used in the getting started guide and this
document.
This document supplements the second edition of Mac OS X Server Getting Started for
Version 10.4 or Later, which concentrates on instructions for installing and setting up the
server software. The first edition of the getting started guide combined those
instructions with the content of this document.
The getting started guide is included with Mac OS X Server as a printed book and as a
PDF file in the Documentation folder of the server installation disc and the Mac OS X
Server Admin Tools CD. The getting started guide is also available for downloading from
the server documentation website:
www.apple.com/server/documentation/
Note: Because Apple frequently releases new versions and updates to its software,
images shown in this book may be different from what you see on your screen.