Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Re: AV software for Macs?

We use Sophos for our site-wide antivirus. It is fully compatible with Macs
(as well as with Windows & Linux). Management is all from one central
Windows server and it is very easy to manage. If you've only got a few and
you are not worried about centralized control for updates and policies, I'd
also recommend ClamXAV -- works like a dream.

As for integrating Macs into a Windows environment, just use the Directory
Utility in the Utilities folder and you can bind it to Active Directory for
authentication. You can't control them (like you do with Windows machines
and Group Policy) with either getting another Mac server and using the Apple
tools or spending money on AD-integrated management tools (they do exist).

If you want more detailed answers, feel free to contact me off-list.

Christopher

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Christopher Butler
Academic Technology Director
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org

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