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PT20247
Training Summary
Organizations are increasingly integrating Mac computers into Windows or other standards-based network environments. But users and the IT professionals who support them can relax, because Mac integration is easy. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for a successful integration. For additional help, please contact your Authorized Apple reseller or account representative.
Prerequisites
Students should understand how to use a Mac, a PC, and computer peripherals.
Duration
5 Days/Lecture & Lab
Audience
This course is designed for users who bring a Mac into organizations that predominantly use the Microsoft Windows operating system and Windows Server Essentials, users who replace a Windows personal computer (PC) with a Mac, and IT professionals who support Mac users in organizations that predominantly use Windows and Windows Server Essentials.
Course Topics
- Directory Services
- Connecting a Mac to a directory server
- Using network accounts
- File Sharing
- Connecting to file servers
- Turning on personal file sharing
- Email, Contacts, and Calendars
- Managing Internet Accounts preferences
- Connecting to an Exchange Server
- Connecting Mail to non-Windows servers
- Adding accounts in Mail, Contacts, and Calendars
- Security
- Built-in security features
- Creating strong passwords
- Using two-factor authentication
- Setting a firmware password
- Locking a Mac screen
- Creating user accounts
- Disabling automatic login
- Protecting start-up disk files
- Ensuring that the apps you download are safe
- Providing network security
- Printing
- Connecting to a local printer
- Setting up a wireless printer
- Sharing your printer
- Setting up a printer shared by a Mac and a PC via
- SMB or CIFS
- Setting up an IP printer
- Specifying printer features
- Printing from a network printer
- Instant Messaging
- iMessage
- Jabber
- Configuring Messages
- Adding accounts
- Chatting on a local network with Bonjour
- Moving and Backing Up Content
- Moving content
- Backing up data with Time Machine
- Running Windows on a Mac
- Running Windows natively or virtually
- Using O?ce
- Using cross-platform apps
- Using cross-platform files
- Additional Resources
- Books
- Courses
- Certifications
- Support