Mac OS X Server is now a set of applications you can purchase right from the Mac App Store. Anyone can quickly and easily turn a Mac running Lion into a server that's perfect for home offices, businesses, schools, and hobbyists alike.
File Sharing
- File sharing for Mac, PC, and iPad
- Standards-based AFP, SMB, and WebDAV file services
- Flexible file permissions
- Spotlight searching
- Standards-based SMTP, IMAP, and POP server
- Push notifications
- SSL encryption
- Adaptive junk mail filtering
- Virus detection and quarantine
- Webmail with email rules and vacation messages
- Share calendars, schedule meetings and events, and book conference rooms
- Standards-based CalDAV server for access from Mac, iPad, iPhone, and PC
- View availability with free/busy lookups
- Email invitations and notifications
- Push notifications
- Synchronize contacts with Mac, iPad, and iPhone
- Allow multiple users to access and update contacts
- Standards-based CardDAV server
- Push notifications
- Configuration and management for OS X Lion and iOS
- Over-the-air enrollment
- Mobile device management
- Web-based administration console
- Self-service user portal for clearing passcodes, remote lock and wipe
- Secure encrypted instant messaging for your organization
- Persistent chat rooms
- Store-and-forward for sending messages to buddies who are offline
- Server-to-server federation
- Works with iChat audio and video conferencing
- Point-and-click page editor to change formatting and insert images, movies, and attachments
- Access controls
- Tags and comments
- Revision history
- Document sharing
- Quick Look previews
- Email notifications
- Capture audio and video, record onscreen actions, and publish content
- Publish QuickTime audio and video formats, PDFs, and ePub documents
- Automatic RSS feed generation
- Media library and file management using Podcast Publisher
- Highly secure remote access for your network services
- Encrypted VPN connections for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and PC
- Provide a backup destination for Mac computers on your network
- Deliver backup support for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard systems
- Block-level SAN file sharing with concurrent read/write access
- Xsan volume hosting and configuration
- Volume management, storage pools, striping, and volume mapping
- Real-time monitoring, graphs, and event notifications
- Metadata controller failover and file system journaling
- Local or remote setup
- User and groups settings
- Real-time graphs of server usage and activity