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AFP548 has been the go-to site for the Mac OS X Server community for years.
Timo Perfitt walks you through Modifying Active Directory Schema to Support Mac Computers and also Managing Mac OS X with Workgroup Manager and Active Directory
New Apple Quick Tour of Leopard Server podcast
Timo Perfitt’s Winclone is essential for dual-boot deployments
Mike Bombich’s site has plenty of information about deployment, backup, and management.
The MacEnterprise project is a community of IT professionals sharing information and solutions to support Macs in an enterprise.
The Open Solaris page is a jumping off start for Open Solaris and topics such as ZFS.
Arek’s DS book is used in the four day Mac OS X Directory Services v1.05 (Leopard 301) class offered by Apple Global Training.
Randy Saeks wrote a great guide to Integrating Google Apps for Education with Open Directory.
The horse’s mouth: Apple’s page for Mac OS X Server Documentation.
John DeTroye’s Tips and Tricks for Macintosh Management, DeployStudio Guide and InstaDMG Guide.
John Welch writes and curses about real world Mac management at bynkii.com.
Ed Marczak writes about Macs and technology at Radiotope
Nigel Kersten is a genius and exposes some of it at Explanatory Gap.
André LaBranche shares some Mac OS X hints and tricks at dreness.
How can Charles update so often at krypted.com?
Arek’s twitter stream is full of his personal and professional status updates, links, and replies to other twitterers.

Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration: “Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration” by Michael Bartosh and Ryan Faas is an excellent book which includes advanced details. Even though it only covers up to version 10.3, much of the information is still relevant today.
Unix Power Tools, Third Edition: While you really do not need to know UNIX to have a great Mac OS X experience, you can do some really powerful things if you know what you’re doing. If you want to improve your UNIX skills, check out UNIX Power Tools&
Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition): Aaron Hillegas is an excellent trainer and author, and this book is no exception.