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1. PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC UPDATE
2. PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC PRO
3. PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC SOFTWARE
4. PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC SERIES
5. PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC WINDOWS

In the support document, Apple provides three alternatives for each service that will be deprecated. JAMF doesn’t provide the standard services like those in the list above, so if Apple is considering changing macOS Server to a JAMF-like server, the company will be going against a well-established and respected competitor. It could be that Apple is thinking of macOS Server becoming more like the powerful JAMF services that are used by enterprise and small businesses alike to keep track of computers and mobile devices. The comment that macOS Server is “changing to focus more on management of computers, devices, and storage on your network” seems to indicate that the company realizes that there are many hosted services that actually do a better job than macOS Server - we even alluded to that in Part 7 of the 2017 macOS Server series, when we discussed the “All-Cloud Solution.” So What Will macOS Server Actually Do In The Future?

PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC UPDATE

(The Mac mini hasn’t seen an update from Apple in years.)

PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC PRO

The updated Mac Pro still has no firm delivery date, and the Mac mini - which has been the server hardware of choice for many small businesses - has been ignored for years.

Add to this the fact that Apple doesn’t really sell server-specific hardware anymore, and it’s rather obvious that they want out of the business. Keeping the app up-to-date and supported takes significant resources, and the number of actual users of macOS Server is probably quite small. One other reason could be the size of the market for macOS Server.

As a result, many administrators would actually replace the old Apple versions with newer open source ones. It’s known that in many cases, the services used by Apple were “officially-supported” open source projects, and the versions found in macOS Server often lagged badly behind the open source versions. That’s a good question! Sadly, there’s no real answer available from the company. These services are the “meat” of macOS Server, and they’ll be gone in a future release: Looking at the services that are disappearing, it’s obvious that macOS Server will no longer provide the majority of services that most administrators use it for. However, it goes on to say that “ These deprecated services will be removed in a future release of macOS Server, so those depending on them should consider alternatives, including hosted services.” The document goes on to say that if you’ve already configured one of the services, you’ll still be able to use it after the spring 2018 macOS Server update. A number of services will be deprecated, and will be hidden on new installations of an update to macOS Server coming in spring 2018.” As a result, some changes are coming in how Server works. A recent support document from Apple notes that “macOS Server is changing to focus more on management of computers, devices, and storage on your network. Little did we know at the time that Apple was preparing to remove the majority of those services.

PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC SERIES

Outlook users will get not only native Apple Silicon support, but support for iCloud accounts as well, allowing them to sync their email, contacts, and calendars to the app if they use Apple’s service to store them.Last summer, the Rocket Yard ran a 7-part series on macOS Server and how it could be used to provide a variety of services - calendar, contacts, mail, messages and so on - to small businesses or individuals.

PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC SOFTWARE

Office users who have automatic updates turned on should have the new versions sometime today, and anyone else can update it through the Mac App Store or Microsoft’s AutoUpdate software (depending on if you downloaded Office through the App Store or directly from Microsoft). It seems like you’ll have to stick with the emulated version for now, if your team uses Teams.

Meanwhile, Microsoft’s main communications competitor, Slack, has native support available in a public beta. Microsoft promises they’re working on that platform in their blog post, but the company hasn’t announced any sort of timeline. If you’re a heavy user of Teams, you may be disappointed to hear that it hasn’t been included in today’s rollout of updates. The updates are making the apps universal ones - meaning these versions will run on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, so any upcoming updates or features will be coming at the same time for both platforms. The apps getting the updates are Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote.

PUBLISHER COMPETITOR FOR MAC WINDOWS

If you’ve been using Microsoft Office on an M1 Mac, it’s about to get better - Microsoft is announcing an update today that brings native support for Apple’s new custom chip architecture to the Windows productivity suite.