On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:56:20 -0500, Nic Ivy <nji@njivy.org> wrote :

1. What is the most productive way to connect to a remote Microsoft server from an Intel-based Mac?

search for chicken-of-the-vnc

2. Once connected, what is the best way to develop Drupal on a remote Microsoft server?

Reformat and install Linux of course.

I typically use Unix-type command line tools and am unfamiliar with the ways of Windows. Any advice is welcome.

Install cygwin. There are some equivilent tools on Windows (findstr, wmic, netsh), install activestate perl or python if you need a real scripting language and don't want to use cygwin. Pat