January 04, 2014

Workgroup vs Domain

Workgroup

Workgroup is a group of computers in LAN. In workgroup each computer is a standalone computer which has their separate local user a/c & groups.They can share resources & peripherals to each other.
In a network a computer will be either in workgroup or joined in domain.

Domain
Domain is a group of users & computers defined by the administrator with the common rule & procedure.
Domain has a DNS (Domain Name System) Name such as:

Microsoft.com
Google.com
Redhat.com
Yahoo.com

When a computer joins to a domain it has its own local users & groups as well as it also logon in domain

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