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Basic Mac OS X Server Administration
Services
Groups
Users
Computers
Settings
Preferences
Network Install
WebServices

See links below for more resources.



 Server Resources   From Team Apple San Diego County
 Apple's Server Support   The official starting place for resouces
 MacEnterprise.org   Resrouces for IT professionals put together by Universitys and others in the know.
 AFP548.com   "Changing the world one server at a time" -Tons of resources, tutorials, discussions and white papers.
Get Acrobat Reader  Tips and Tricks for Leopard client management Fall 2008   from John DeTroye
Get Acrobat Reader  Tips and Tricks for Client Management Summer 2007   From John DeTroye, Apple SE, PDF

AD and OD Scenarios
Different ways you can integrate your Mac into your school and Active Directory and Open Directory

Server Management with Open Directory and Active Directory
Collection of links and articles

Software Update Server
Setup your building OS X server to provide 10.4 software updates to your 10.4 clients.

Change IP on an existing server
To change the IP of a server that is running, follow this command line tool from Apple's Knowlsedge Base  

Users can't login on 10.4 clients
With network managed user accounts, I found a problem when clients couldn't login on a 10.4 managed client computer.  

Duplicate Mount Point in Sharing Tab
An unexpected restart may create a duplicate (false) mount point.  KB article.  

Clients can't reconnect
Clients can't login with the message "You can't connect because you are already logged into another computer."
Sometimes when there is an abrubt disconnect, the server thinks the person is still connected, but doesn't disconnect them.

Administrator see sharepoints, not volumes
 When you Connect to Server as admin, you see the sharepoints rather than the volumes, here is how to change that setting.