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[Michael Pietroforte]

This tutorial explains how to bind or join a Mac OS X Mac (OS X 10.5 or OS X 10.6) computer to an Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domain.

Given Microsoft’s historically contentious relationship with Apple, it never ceases to amaze me at the relatively high degree of interoperability that does exist between a Mac OS X workstation and an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain.



For instance, a domain-joined Mac workstation allows users to enjoy the following privileges:

• Kerberos authentication and delegation, including Single Sign-On to local, AD, and Open Directory resources
• AD password policy enforcement
• Support for AD user and group accounts
• Windows home folders

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