Network working group or an area for small businesses

Hi all!

Hi, I am facing a problem whenever someone asks me what kind of network is better for a small business, a network of workgroup or a domain?

Could someone help me to find information on the benefits and disadvantages of each of them for a small business? In this way I permanently erase this doubt.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Jack.

Hi Jack,

Networked computers can be part of a workgroup or a domain. The main difference between the areas and working groups is the management mode of the network resources. Computers on home networks are usually part of a workgroup, and computers on networks to work are usually part of a domain.

In a working group:

  • All computers are peers; no computer has control over another computer.
  • Each computer has a set of user accounts. To connect to any computer in the workgroup, you must have an account on this computer.
  • There are usually no more than twenty computers.
  • A working group is not protected by a password.
  • All computers must be on the same local network or subnet.

In a field:

  • One or more computers are servers. Network administrators use servers to control the security and permissions for all computers on the domain. This makes it easy to make changes because the changes are automatically made to all computers. Domain users must provide a password or other credentials whenever they access the field.
  • If you have a user account on the domain, you can connect to any computer on the domain without needing an account on this computer.
  • Probably, you can only make changes limited to the computer settings because network administrators often want to ensure consistency between computers.
  • There may be thousands of computers in a domain.
  • Computers can be on different LANs.

A workgroup is a network infrastructure of base with a soft security check and there is basically no administrative center central control.
A workgroup is more synonymous with small networks - one where it does not guarantee to have a network of installed field. With a working group, no other additional computers are needed and by far the cheapest Setup for an internal LAN.

However, one area is more complicated and more suited to large companies with many computers and departments within the ministries as a university structure or the structure within Microsoft Corporation.
The areas have additional computers to oversee the safety and normal operation of the company's computers and data sharing is a priority.

You can see the following link for more information:

Join a domain or a workgroup

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-CA/Windows-8/join-domain-workgroup-HomeGroup

Please do not hesitate to answer, in case if you need help or information on this issue.

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