RE: [WinMac] Win NT sbs 4.5 and the mac
John Nurick(jnurick[at]lrconsulting.co.uk)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:44:41 -0500
> From: Freddf [mailto:freddf@snet.net]
> Hi
> I have been scouring the web on this issue,
> so my question: Is it possible to integrate a Mac into an existing NT
> sbs 4.5 network. and what are the ramifications? how is the client
> side configured?
If you really mean *integrate*, I think you'd have to install Virtual PC
and the Windows software, in particular Outlook 98 or 2000 and Access.
But the Mac can get most of the way there on its own. Dave, from Thursby
Software, lets the Mac impersonate a Windows machine to access network
shares and printers. This process hasn't been 100% smooth in my limited
experience (still trying to find out why, because most people speak
highly of Dave). We've had no problems accessing email on the Exchange
server with an SMTP client, and the latest Mac version of Outlook (the
Exchange client, not Outlook Express) is said to let you access more of
the power of Exchange than the previous one did.
OTOH if the network uses clever Outlook or SQL Server applications, it
could be too much work to match them in native Mac software.
The same is true when you look beyond SBS at how software such as MS
Office is used on the network. If they use custom Office applications
that were developed with no thought for cross-platform use (e.g. using
ActiveX controls) then the Mac is at a disadvantage. If the apps were
written to be platform independent, then no problems.
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