Adding macs onto a window network for schools

Hello
Im David and i work in a school in ICT support. at the moment with have an entire windows network. the art, media and music department are planing on getting Imacs. The ICT team and I are wondering how to get macs on the network to have users logon to just like an XP machine so they can get to home directories and use networked printers and have the applied security from active directory and ranger and so on. We are also planning on getting a Xserve to run a new domain for macs and act as the go between to the windows domain.
Is this an option?
Can anyone please help us and give us any ideas or point me onto the right path?
Thanks
David

David
http://www.edugeek.net/forums/mac/
http://www.howtomac.co.uk/
http://www.wazmac.com/serversnetwork/networks/windows_macintegration.htm
http://www.afp548.com/search.php?query=AD-OD&type=all&mode=search
http://macwindows.com/
Are just a few. Googling 'AD-OD Integration' should get you more?
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