Course Overview
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.
Course Objectives
- Integrate a Mac into a Windows network environment.
- Configure a Mac to work with Active Directory.
- Take advantage of network services: File Sharing, Printing, Instant Messaging, E-mail, Calendars, and Contacts.
- Provide security at the user, local-networking, and remote networking levels.
- Migrate data from a Windows computer to a Mac.
- Back up data.
- Run Windows programs on a Mac.
Who Should Attend?
- Users who bring a Mac into organizations that predominantly use the Microsoft Windows operating system and Windows Server Essentials
- Users who replace a Windows computer with a Mac
- IT professionals who support Mac users in organizations that predominantly use Windows and Windows Server Essentials
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Agenda
Directory Services
- Connect a Mac to an Active Directory server.
Share Files
- Connect to file servers, turn on personal file sharing.
Configure Collaborative Services
- Manage Internet Accounts preferences, connect to an Exchange Server, connect Mail to non-Windows servers, add accounts in Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.
Secure a Mac
- Built-In Security features, create strong passwords, use two-factor authentication, set a firmware password, lock a Mac screen, create user accounts, disable automatic login, protect start-up disk files, ensure that the apps you download are safe, provide network security.
Print
- Connect to a local printer, connect to, share, and print from network printers.
Move and Back Up Content
- Move content, back up content.
Run Windows on a Mac
- Run Windows natively or virtually, Microsoft Office for macOS, cross-platform apps, cross-platform files.