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- DOCUMENT:Q99765 16-DEC-1993 [W_NTAS]
- TITLE :Windows NT Services for Macintosh
- PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- Windows NT Advanced Server Services for Macintosh easily and inexpensively
- Macintosh and IBM PC-compatible computers to share files and printers. Up
- to 255 Macintosh users can connect to each Windows NT Advanced Server
- server, as easily as they can connect to an AppleShare volume. PC users can
- connect to the server as well, which provides a mechanism to transfer files
- between systems. A Macintosh user can print to a PostScript printer, and
- many non-PostScript printers, connected to the Windows NT Advanced Server
- server as easily as they can print to a LaserWriter on the Macintosh
- network. Furthermore, any PC user can print to a LaserWriter connected to
- the Macintosh network.
-
- This article discusses the following topics:
-
- - Transparent File Sharing
- - Inexpensive, High Performance File and Print Server
- - Two-way Printer Sharing
- - A Printing Miracle
- - Integrated Administration
- - Easy Upgrade
- - System Requirements
-
- Transparent File Sharing
- ------------------------
-
- To a Macintosh user, a Windows NT Advanced Server file server looks just
- like an AppleShare server. To a PC user, Windows NT Advanced Server looks
- like any PC network server (Windows NT Advanced Server can share a CD-ROM
- drive as well). The server intelligently manages file names, icons, and
- access permissions for the different networks. For example, each Word for
- Windows file appears in the Macintosh environment with the corresponding
- Word for Macintosh icon. Windows NT Advanced Server supports launching
- Macintosh applications from the file server.
-
- The Windows NT file system (NTFS) provides multistream file access
- that supports storing resource forks and Finder information in the
- same file, and supports 31 character filenames, including an
- on-the-fly filename translation facility for all client types. These
- features increase performance and aid volume management.
-
- Furthermore, the system administrator can require Macintosh users to
- use Windows NT encryption when they log into a server, to provide
- enhanced password and network security.
-
- Inexpensive, High Performance File and Print Server
- ---------------------------------------------------
-
- Services for Macintosh allow you to convert any computer running Windows NT
- Advanced Server, with its built-in networking, to a non-dedicated, high-
- performance, AppleShare-compliant file and print server. In other words,
- you receive great performance for less than the cost of a comparable
- Macintosh computer running AppleShare, and for less cost than that provided
- by other PC-based solutions, which require a dedicated machine and
- expensive networking software.
-
- Two-way Printer Sharing
- -----------------------
-
- Services for Macintosh not only gives Macintosh users access to printers on
- the Windows NT Advanced Server domain, but it also acts as a print spooler.
- This means that Macintosh users can get back to work faster, before their
- documents have finished printing, and without using valuable hard-disk
- space on their local machine for spooling. Furthermore, a network
- administrator can control the print queue for networked LaserWriter
- printers just like any other printer attached to a Windows NT Advanced
- Server domain.
-
- Of course, a PC user can also use the same print queues to print to
- any LaserWriter connected to the Macintosh network.
-
- A Printing Miracle
- ------------------
-
- The best news of all may be that the Services for Macintosh has a built in
- PostScript-compatible printing engine. With this engine, a Macintosh can
- print to any printer connected to the Windows NT Advanced Server domain as
- if it was a LaserWriter. You can finally get great-looking output even from
- some of your oldest printers and take advantage of your existing hardware
- investment, instead of being forced to upgrade.
-
- Integrated Administration
- -------------------------
-
- The process of administering and configuring the Services for Macintosh is
- tightly integrated into Windows NT Advanced Server. The administrator is
- required to manage only one set of users and groups. You can create
- Macintosh-accessible volumes directly from File Manager and configure
- Services for Macintosh in the Control Panel. The system automatically
- translates NTFS file and directory permissions into corresponding Macintosh
- permissions.
-
- Windows NT Advanced Server supports multiple physical network topologies:
- TokenRing (TokenTalk), Ethernet (EtherTalk), and "serial" (LocalTalk).
-
- Easy Upgrade
- ------------
-
- Users of LAN Manager Services for Macintosh version 1.0 can smoothly
- upgrade to Services for Macintosh version 3.1. The upgrade converts
- existing OS/2-based volumes, leaving permissions intact.
-
- System Requirements
- -------------------
-
- System 6.0.8 or later (clients)
- AFP 2.1-compliant
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: MACNT NTADSRV
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