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We are starting to get more and more mac's in our office. &nbsp;Normally I have just had the users log into their machine then I created a script that maps to the appropriate folders on our file server. &nbsp;Since I am getting more and more, I was wondering if anyone had some GOOD documentation on how to actually add the macs to AD for authentication. &nbsp;Also is there a way to map the appropriate drives via GP on the mac's too. &nbsp;I do that for all my PC's but wasn't sure on how to accomplish it with the macs if I even can.
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We are starting to get more and more mac's in our office.  Normally I have just had the users log into their machine then I created a script that maps to the appropriate folders on our file server.  Since I am getting more and more, I was wondering if anyone had some GOOD documentation on how to actually add the macs to AD for authentication.  Also is there a way to map the appropriate drives via GP on the mac's too.  I do that for all my PC's but wasn't sure on how to accomplish it with the macs if I even can.

Adding a MAC to my AD Environment

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