Designed for OS X and iOS devices, OS X Server makes it easy to share files, schedule meetings, synchronize contacts, develop software, host your own website, publish wikis, configure Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices, remotely access your network, and more. OS X Server is an application you can add to OS X Yosemite right from the Mac App Store. Anyone can quickly and easily turn a Mac running OS X Yosemite into a server that’s perfect for home offices, businesses, schools, developers, and hobbyists alike.

Here’s what you’ll get with OS X Server:
File Sharing

• File sharing for Mac, PC, and iPad
  
• Standards-based SMB3, SMB2, AFP, and WebDAV file services
  
• Flexible file permissions
  
• Spotlight searching
  

Profile Manager

• Mobile device management for Mac and iOS devices
  
• Simplified management and deployment of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite
  
• Distribution of institution licensed apps and books purchased from the Volume Purchase Program
  
• Device Enrollment Program integration
  
• Web-based administration console
  
• Self-service user portal for clearing passcodes, remote lock, and remote wipe
  

Caching Server

• Speed up the download of software distributed by Apple
  
• Locally cache apps, books, iTunes U, software updates, and OS X Recovery images
  
• Fault-tolerant design with multiserver cache replication and load balancing
  
• No client configuration required
  

Xcode Server

• Use Xcode 6 to create continuous integration bots that build, analyze, and test on any Mac running OS X Server
  
• Configure bots to integrate at a specific time, or continually as code is committed to the repository
  
• Automate testing of OS X and iOS apps, executing on multiple connected iOS devices
  
• Host your own Git repositories on OS X Server or connect to remote Git or Subversion hosts
  
• Remotely access detailed integration summaries and nightly builds using the Web interface
  

Time Machine

• Provide a backup destination for Mac computers on your network
  
• Monitor which computers have backed up, when they last backed up, and size of backup
  
• Set limits on the amount of Time Machine storage a user can use
  

Calendar Server

• 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 push notifications
  

Contacts Server

• Synchronize contacts with Mac, iPad, and iPhone
  
• Allow multiple users to access and update contacts
  
• Standards-based CardDAV server
  

Wiki Server

• Point-and-click page edit to change formatting and insert images, movies, and attachments
  
• Access controls
  
• Tags and comments
  
• Revision history
  
• Document sharing
  
• Quick Look previews
  

Mail Server

• Standards-based SMTP, IMAP, and POP server
  
• Push notifications
  
• SSL encryption
  
• Adaptive junk mail filtering
  
• Virus detection and quarantine
  

Virtual Private Network

• Remote access for your network services
  
• Encrypted VPN connections for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and PC
  

Xsan 4

• Block-level SAN file sharing with concurrent read/write access
  
• Xsan volume hosting and configuration
  
• Volume management, storage pooling, stripping, and volume mapping
  
• Real-time monitoring, graphs, and event notifications
  
• Metadata controller failover and file system journaling
  

Server App

• Local and remote management
  
• Users and group settings
  
• View real-time graphs of server usage
  
• Receive alerts on network changes, certificate expiration, storage usage, and more
  

Other OS X Server features

• NetInstall to automate OS X installations and upgrades across your network
  
• Web server for hosting multiple websites
  
• Messages server to encrypt instant messaging within your organization
  

Version 4.1.5

• Updated for compatibility with OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.
  
• Improved MDM command reliability.