Editing Mac OS X Server (section)

=== Server app ===
[[File:Yosemite Server 10.10.png|thumb|The Server app running on OS X Yosemite]]
In releasing the developer preview of [[Mac OS X Lion]] in February 2011, Apple indicated that beginning with Lion, Mac OS X Server would be bundled with the operating system and would not be marketed as a separate product.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2011/02/24Apple-Releases-Developer-Preview-of-Mac-OS-X-Lion/ |title=Apple Releases Developer Preview of Mac OS X Lion |publisher=Apple |date=February 24, 2011 |access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref> However, a few months later, the company said it would instead sell the server components as a [[United States dollar|US$]]49.99 add-on to Lion, distributed through the [[Mac App Store]] (as well as Lion itself).<ref name="lion-june-pr">{{cite press release|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2011/06/06Mac-OS-X-Lion-With-250-New-Features-Available-in-July-From-Mac-App-Store/|title=Mac OS X Lion With 250 New Features Available in July From Mac App Store|publisher=Apple|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref> The combined cost of an upgrade to Lion and the purchase of the OS X Server add-on, which costs approximately US$50,<ref name="In depth with Lion OS X Server" /> was nonetheless significantly lower than the retail cost of Snow Leopard Server (US$499). Lion Server came with unlimited client licenses as did Snow Leopard Server. Lion Server includes new versions of [[iCal Server]], [[Wiki Server]], and [[Mail Server]].<ref name="lion-server-specs">{{cite web |url=http://support.apple.com/kb/SP630 |title=OS X Lion Server - Technical Specifications |author=[[Apple Inc.]] |date=November 15, 2011 |access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> More significantly, Lion Server can be used for iOS mobile device management. Starting with Apple Mac OS&nbsp;X Server Version 10.7 “Lion,” [[PostgreSQL]] replaces [[MySQL]] as the database provided with Mac OS&nbsp;X Server, coinciding with [[Oracle Corporation]]’s acquisition of [[Sun Microsystems]] and Oracle’s subsequent attempts to tighten MySQL’s licensing restrictions and to exert influence on MySQL’s previously open and independent development model.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.computerworld.com.au/article/457551/dead_database_walking_mysql_creator_why_future_belongs_mariadb/|title=Dead database walking: MySQL's creator on why the future belongs to MariaDB|last=Pearce|first=Rohan|date=2013-03-28|website=Computerworld.com.au|publisher=[[Computerworld]]|access-date=2020-10-07}}</ref>

Like Lion, Mountain Lion had no separate server edition. An OS X Server package was available for Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store for US$19.99, which included a server management application called Server, as well as other additional administrative tools to manage client profiles and [[Xsan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OS X Server|url=http://movies.apple.com/media/us/osx/2012/server/docs/OSXServer_Product_Overview.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619100813/http://movies.apple.com/media/us/osx/2012/server/docs/OSXServer_Product_Overview.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-19 |url-status=live|publisher=Apple Inc.|date=June 2012|access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Server, simplified: A power user's guide to OS X Server|url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/the-server-simplified-a-power-users-guide-to-os-x-server|author=Andrew Cunningham|website=Ars Technica|date=July 29, 2012|access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref> Mountain Lion Server, like Lion Server, was provided with unlimited client licenses, and once purchased could be run on an unlimited number of systems.

Server 5.7 (released September 28, 2018) stopped bundling open source services such as Calendar Server, Contacts Server, the Mail Server, DNS, DHCP, VPN Server, and Websites.<ref name="about-5.7.1-and-later" /> Included services are now limited to Profile Manager, Open Directory and Xsan.<ref name="about-5.7.1-and-later" />

Server 5.8 (released March 25, 2019) added new restrictions, payloads, and commands to Profile Manager.

The Server app does not support versions of macOS newer than Monterey, marking the end of Mac OS X Server product line.<ref name="about-5.7.1-and-later" />