Oh internets, help me with my mixed platform environment

[netmouse]

So. I've been assigned some IT-type responsibilities at EDA. I have not used a macintosh regularly for nearly a decade and am just starting to feel almost comfortable on the mac laptop they got me. We have both Windows machines and macs on the network and have a Mac OS X server, which I'm about to upgrade to 10.5.

I feel like a total newb in this environment. In case I have some Mac-heads here, I wanted to ask. What should I read? Where should I go for advice and problem solutions?

Especially, how can I set things up so our windows users can connect to the Mac server as a shared device (like a mounted drive --basically like the mac users can) instead of having to sftp into it?

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[ckd]

Assuming that the server is running Mac OS X Server, the server admin utility should let you turn on Windows file sharing. I don't remember the exact location of the setting.

For Mac OS X Server hints/tips/tricks I recommend AFP548.