workgroup or domain

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why do you have to choose to be in a workgroup or domain?
Why cant you be in both? In win98 you choose to log onto
a certain domain and you put what workgroup you are in as
well. I am confused what to do or what advantages are to
each?
 
Beyond what rifleman said, here are some additional notes:

When you join a domain, you are under the jurisdiction of that domain. They
can set up rules and policies that you must follow as a member of that
domain. Your authentication is handled centrally, so talking with other
machines becomes much easier, as does accessing resources that have limited
access.

You can also join a workgroup and authenticate to a domain - you do this by
entering the credentials in the Manage Network Passwords section of the User
Manager. This is the equivalent of what you saw in Win98 - you weren't
actually joining a domain, you were just authenticating to it.

Typically, if you have a domain, you want to join it. In many cases, you
have to because the company dictates it. The point of the domain is to be
joined. A workgroup is more of a home user thing, where you typically don't
have a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 server running as a domain controller.
(Except in mine, of course, but I am far from the norm.)
 
Beyond what rifleman said, here are some additional notes:

When you join a domain, you are under the jurisdiction of that domain. They
can set up rules and policies that you must follow as a member of that
domain. Your authentication is handled centrally, so talking with other
machines becomes much easier, as does accessing resources that have limited
access.

You can also join a workgroup and authenticate to a domain - you do this by
entering the credentials in the Manage Network Passwords section of the User
Manager. This is the equivalent of what you saw in Win98 - you weren't
actually joining a domain, you were just authenticating to it.

Typically, if you have a domain, you want to join it. In many cases, you
have to because the company dictates it. The point of the domain is to be
joined. A workgroup is more of a home user thing, where you typically don't
have a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 server running as a domain controller.
(Except in mine, of course, but I am far from the norm.)

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Associate Expert
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Thanks for the elaboration - I'm only a third through doing Exam 70-210!
 
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