Imaging & Patch Management for Mac OS X Clients using Windows Servers

摘要

For environments that require rack density, Apple's decision to exit the rack-mounted server space is one that cannot be understated. One of the most critical aspects of centralized systems administration is software distribution. Large imaging frameworks can be run on most any server platform and throughout this article we have shown how imaging can be handled for large numbers of systems using an AFP mount hosted by ExtremeZ-IP. We have also shown how large patch management environments can be maintained using Absolute Manage servers. Both of which can be run on Microsoft Windows Servers.