File Services for Macs

I have a client that wants to install a new Win2k3
network. They have many Win98 machines and some Macs.
Their Mac versions are OS7 - OSX. My question is, will
all these version of the macs be able to connect to the
Windows 2003 Services for Mac Shares or are they going to
have problems? Thank you for your help.

Joe


Joe

On 4/8/04 1:44 PM, in article 1a28b01c41d99$93a1e900$(E-Mail Removed), "Joe"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have a client that wants to install a new Win2k3
> network. They have many Win98 machines and some Macs.
> Their Mac versions are OS7 - OSX. My question is, will
> all these version of the macs be able to connect to the
> Windows 2003 Services for Mac Shares or are they going to
> have problems? Thank you for your help.

Hi Joe!

Yes, all of your Macs can connect. Your System 7 through Mac OS 9 machines
will require you to install File Services for Macintosh, which you can do
through the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. Check the electronic Help in
Windows 2003 for how to do this.

Your Mac OS X machines can connect via either AFP, which means it will use
the File Services for Macintosh, or SMB, which is the Unix version of
Windows file sharing. I suggest you connect via AFP if you plan to share
files between your various Mac clients. Sharing files between Macs connected
via different file sharing protocols can cause headaches (but shouldn't lose
data).

Hope this helps! bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)
A great resource for Mac OS X deployment
http://www.macosxlabs.org

This helps alot. Thank you
>-----Original Message-----
>On 4/8/04 1:44 PM, in article 1a28b01c41d99$93a1e900
$(E-Mail Removed), "Joe"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I have a client that wants to install a new Win2k3
>> network. They have many Win98 machines and some Macs.
>> Their Mac versions are OS7 - OSX. My question is, will
>> all these version of the macs be able to connect to the
>> Windows 2003 Services for Mac Shares or are they going
to
>> have problems? Thank you for your help.
>
>Hi Joe!
>
>Yes, all of your Macs can connect. Your System 7 through
Mac OS 9 machines
>will require you to install File Services for Macintosh,
which you can do
>through the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. Check the
electronic Help in
>Windows 2003 for how to do this.
>
>Your Mac OS X machines can connect via either AFP, which
means it will use
>the File Services for Macintosh, or SMB, which is the
Unix version of
>Windows file sharing. I suggest you connect via AFP if
you plan to share
>files between your various Mac clients. Sharing files
between Macs connected
>via different file sharing protocols can cause headaches
(but shouldn't lose
>data).
>
>Hope this helps! bill
>--
>William M. Smith
>(Microsoft Interop MVP)
>A great resource for Mac OS X deployment
>http://www.macosxlabs.org
>
>.
>