Using Macs on a Windows Network

In our office we are running Microsoft Server 2003 with Exchange 2007. Once Microsoft releases Server 2008 and it has stabilized then we will be upgrading our network. Several of us are Mac users at home and we are considering putting some Macs on our network here in the office. I know the new Entourage 2007 works great (better than Outlook) on our Exchange 2007. I understand that the Macs can authenticate to our Active Directory Server under the Server 2003 environement. Has anyone heard about the same interaction will work with the Server 2008 environment?
Thanks!

There is a known bug with printing in that it doesn't cache the Kerberos credentials properly. So it requires you to reauthenticate every time.

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