Windows Server (Exchange) Login on Mac OS X 10.6.5?

I have an odd question.
Here at work, my colleague is able to login to his MacBook using his MS Windows Server login info, he also get s PW expiration notifications and the ability to change the password through his Mac OS X login screen.
Meanwhile, I login using the same Mac OS X password I have had since receiving my Macbook, and have to change Webmail/Intranet passwords through MS Office Outlook Webmail.
Neither of us can find a difference in settings anywhere, and IT, whom setup both MacBooks, don't remember doing anything different. The only difference between the two, is that he has Parallels installed.
How do you set up a MacBook to use the MS Windows password?

Neither of us can find a difference in settings anywhere,
Your co-worker's Macbook is probably bound to the local Windows domain and your computer is not.

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Appreciate it Ed.
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