Even though Server.app on 10.8 Server seems more simplified than prior versions of OS X server, there are features which have been expanded upon and made better. Alerts is one such feature. In the past, what you could get alerts on was somewhat limited, but in 10.8 Server this has been expanded.
Rich Trouton and Peter Bukowinski ran into an odd issue on some of their machines. They would time out while trying to connect to a SMB or AFP share with a known good Username/Pass. The problem? iDisk. The machines would try to connect to iDisk even if the share was an internal-only fileshare.
With OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion came some new Unix commands that are very handy. Among them is pgrep and pkill, which rolls grep into the ps command so you no longer have to pipe ps to grep in order to find a running process.
Now that OS X and OS X Server both use the same base OS, many people have been asking what the upgrade path looks like to go from 10.6.x or 10.7.x to 10.8.x Server. Charles Edge has a guide on exactly how to do so. His guide very thorough and I would highly suggest following it if you plan on upgrading to 10.8 Server.
Greg Neagle has a great post outlining the benefits of installing OS X instead of applying an image. This method is great because you can use one installer in various scenarios and prevents you from doing the same work over and over again.
FileVault 2 was a great advancement for encryption on Mac OS X. It allowed for full disk encryption without the use of a third party product, as well as management using the system keychain or via a tool such as cauliflower vest.
Apple didn't say anything in the keynote, but when the store came back, the Mac Pro has been updated! Looks like it was just the processor that got a change. No thunderbolt, but looks like the rumors of the MacPro's demise are premature.
WWDC 2012 is gearing up. APF548.com is doing a video podcast throughout the week. Check out the first episode with the long, long line to get in. This was at 8:30 am. itpc://afp548.com.s3.amazonaws.com/afp548.xml
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