Mac OS X Server Version 10.6 Snow Leopard Product Overview August 2009 Product Overview 2 Mac OS X Server Contents Page 3 Quick Look at Snow Leopard Server Page 5 Easy Setup and Management Page 8 Built-in Services File Sharing Mail Server Address Book Server iCal Server iChat Server Web Hosting Wiki Server Podcast Producer Remote Access Firewall Time Machine Backups Page 19 64-Bit Performance High-Performance Networking Performance Benchmarks Page 22 Test-Drive Mac OS X Server Page 28 Product Details Installing Mac OS X Server Setting Up Mac OS X Server Managing the Server Monitoring the Server Exploring Mac OS X Server as a User Page 30 Additional Resources Product Overview 3 Mac OS X Server Quick Look at Snow Leopard Server During the past ten years, Apple has rapidly delivered new versions of Mac OS X Server, the world’s easiest-to-use server operating system. The introduction of Mac OS X Server version 10.6 Snow Leopard brings dramatic performance improvements and innovative new capabilities to Apple’s open standards–based server platform—making it both fast and easy for your organization to collaborate, communicate, and share information. And for ready access to all those advantages, Apple now off ers a single aff ordable edition of Snow Leopard Server with licenses for an unlimited number of clients. Snow Leopard Server is a full 64-bit operating system designed to take advantage of Mac OS X Server version 10.6 multicore processors and address massive amounts of memory. With a new 64-bit kernel Snow Leopard Server is the seventh and teamed with the latest Xserve or Mac Pro system, Snow Leopard Server can easily release of Apple’s award-winning server handle the most demanding server operations—including fi le sharing, mail services, operating system. and web hosting—at speeds up to twice as fast as its predecessor. Whether you’re a small business manager with no technical expertise or a veteran IT director of a large enterprise, you’ll fi nd Snow Leopard Server surprisingly straight- forward to deploy and manage. Start small with a Mac mini or Mac Pro—then scale all the way up to a rack or data center full of Xserve systems. Snow Leopard Server. The simple way to bring more power to your business. Product Overview 4 Mac OS X Server New Services in Version 10.6 Snow Leopard Server Address Book Server. This new service in Snow Leopard Server allows users in your organization to manage contacts across multiple computers. Based on a new protocol called CardDAV, Address Book Server stores contact information outside the LDAP directory. Users manage their own address books directly in the Address Book application on Snow Leopard–based Mac systems. Address Book Server not only enables searching of personal contacts, it also acts as a gateway to search for contacts within your organization’s directory service. Mail Server 2. Mail services in Snow Leopard Server feature a new engine that out- performs previous versions and scales to handle tens of thousands of users. Other new features increase user flexibility, such as push notification for instant access to new email messages and support for vacation messages. Server-side mail rules enable Mac OS X Server to filter email messages based on criteria the user defines, automatically placing the message in the appropriate mailbox. And with support for mail server clustering, Mac OS X Server now provides incredible stability and service reliability. iCal Server 2. This open standards–based calendar solution works with the iCal client in Snow Leopard to facilitate calendar sharing and event coordination. New features in iCal Server 2 include push notifications, a web-based calendar client, and secure over-the-air (OTA) iPhone access—making it easy for users to stay in touch and on schedule wherever they are. For colleagues outside your organization who don’t use iCal, iCal Server 2 lets you invite them to meetings over email. Wiki Server 2. Snow Leopard Server makes it even easier for groups to collaborate and communicate through their own shared wiki. Wiki Server 2 now includes Quick Look, allowing users to quickly view files on the wiki without downloading and opening them. The new QuickSearch feature lets users search and find information in multiple wikis, blogs, mailing lists, calendars, and podcasts. And with secure login from the iPhone, Wiki Server 2 brings wiki-powered business collaboration to your users on the go. Podcast Producer 2. With Snow Leopard Server, Podcast Producer 2 introduces more options for capturing, creating, and publishing professional-quality podcasts. Dual-source video capture in Podcast Capture Web enables picture-in-picture podcasts, and web capture makes it easy to include audio and video clips from the web in your podcasts. The new Podcast Composer application automates the entire production process. With just a few clicks, Podcast Composer creates a workflow to add titles, transitions and effects, save to a desired format, and share to wikis, blogs, iTunes, iTunes U, Final Cut Server, or the new Podcast Library. Mobile Access Server. The new Mobile Access Server provides strong encryption and authentication between a user’s iPhone or Mac and your private network. Without requiring additional software or cumbersome VPN services, Mobile Access Server is a convenient, secure way for iPhone and Mac users to access network services that reside behind the firewall, including corporate intranet sites, online business applications, email, calendars, and contacts. iPhone Configuration Utility Configure security policies, mail settings, certificates, and other information required to connect iPhone devices with enterprise systems. The new iPhone Configuration Utility makes it easy to create, maintain, encrypt, and push configuration profiles; track and install provisioning profiles and authorized applications; and capture device information. Product Overview 5 Mac OS X Server Easy Setup and Management With Mac OS X Server, Apple extends its legendary ease of use to the confi guration, management, and monitoring of a server. Intelligent interfaces simplify administration so that even nontechnical users can deploy powerful network services—allowing small businesses and workgroups without IT support to take full advantage of the benefi ts of a server. Set up Snow Leopard Server locally on a Server Assistant system with a connected display. Or use Installation starts with the Server Assistant. You don’t need to worry about protocols Screen Sharing (VNC) or the included remote or network settings. In fact, confi guring Snow Leopard Server is almost as easy as administration tools to install from a remote confi guring a desktop computer. With a few clicks, Server Assistant walks you through computer. the initial setup, helping you quickly confi gure server applications, defi ne networking information, set up users and groups, and choose the services you want to deliver to your organization. Server Preferences Once you’ve set up your server, the Server Preferences application allows you to manage users and groups on the server and set up key services such as fi le sharing, calendaring, instant messaging, mail, wikis, secure remote access, and backup settings for network clients. Product Overview 6 Mac OS X Server Managing user services 5 4 1 2 3 1 Select a user to manage that individual’s account, contact information, services, and group membership. 2 You can see which users have administrative privileges and which are Standard members of the workgroup. 3 Click to add a user to the server. Or select a user and click to remove that individual. 4 With a click in a checkbox, you can authorize access to services. 5 Assign the user to a group on the server. Server Preferences also makes it easy to maintain your server. Mac OS X Server will notify you via email when software updates become available, when available disk space is getting low, or if an email virus has been detected and quarantined. Server Status widget The Server Status Dashboard widget provides an at-a-glance overview of your server’s activity, including CPU utilization, network activity, and disk usage. It also displays a list of currently running services, as well as their status and activity level. Adding clients Adding clients to the network requires no IT expertise. When a new Mac starts up for the fi rst time, it looks for Mac OS X Server and gives the user the opportunity to take advantage of any services that have been set up for that individual. Server Status widget View status information in a convenient window on your Dashboard. This widget shows disk usage over any period of time you designate. Product Overview 7 Mac OS X Server Adding an existing Mac to the network is even easier. Use Accounts in Server Preferences to connect the Mac to your directory system, and all default services—such as Mail, iChat, iCal, VPN, and Address Book—are set up and ready for use. Mac OS X Server keeps these settings updated, so you’ll never need to manually confi gure or reconfi gure user settings or applications again. When you create new user accounts in Server Assistant or Server Preferences, Mac OS X Server automatically sends a message welcoming the users to Mac OS X Server and lists the services available to them. Product Overview 8 Mac OS X Server Built-in Services Whether you’re supporting a creative team, a distributed sales force, a class of multi- media students, or just about any small business or workgroup, you know your users need to share information to work eff ectively. With Mac OS X Server, you can help them communicate and collaborate using powerful and intuitive new solutions. At the same time, you can expect Snow Leopard Server to perform many of those network tasks—such as fi le sharing, mail services, and web delivery—up to twice as fast as its predecessor.