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I'm sure you've probably already read the Apple technical document at <a href="http://training.apple.com/pdf/Best_Practices_for_Integrating_OS_X_with_Active_Directory.pdf" rel="ugc nofollow">http://training.apple.com/pdf/Best_Practices_for_Integrating_OS_X_with_Active_Directory.pdf</a>, right?
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I'm sure you've probably already read the Apple technical document at http://training.apple.com/pdf/Best_Practices_for_Integrating_OS_X_with_Active_Directory.pdf [http://training.apple.com/pdf/Best_Practices_for_Integrating_OS_X_with_Active_Directory.pdf], right?

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Hi,<br />
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I have read through but, it doesn't mention any requirements for integrating Mac devices to Active Directory.
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Hi,

I have read through but, it doesn't mention any requirements for integrating Mac devices to Active Directory.

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Hi Folks,<br />
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Our company recently acquired another company whose their 70 users have been using Mac devices. As we would need to integrate their Mac machines to our Active Directory, can anyone of you recommend from experience any requirements which need to be done prior the integration phase?
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Hi Folks,

Our company recently acquired another company whose their 70 users have been using Mac devices. As we would need to integrate their Mac machines to our Active Directory, can anyone of you recommend from experience any requirements which need to be done prior the integration phase?

Mac devices Integration with Active Directory

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.

Mac OS X

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.