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Difference Between Domain and Workgroup

A workgroup is a peer-to-peer network with up to 10 workstations that must be on the same local network, where each user has separate login credentials and controls resources locally on their PC. In contrast, a domain is a client/server network that can have up to 2000 computers anywhere in the world, with a single administrator managing users, resources, settings and security centrally.

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Difference Between Domain and Workgroup

A workgroup is a peer-to-peer network with up to 10 workstations that must be on the same local network, where each user has separate login credentials and controls resources locally on their PC. In contrast, a domain is a client/server network that can have up to 2000 computers anywhere in the world, with a single administrator managing users, resources, settings and security centrally.

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A side-to-side comparison of workgroup and domain:

Workgroup Domain

Peer-to-peer Windows computer


Network type Client/server network
network

User can log on at any workstation


User needs to have separate log in
Log in via their account and access domain
id and password at each workstation
resources

Computers are limited to maximum


Workstations There can be up to 2000 computers
10

Each user controls the resources One administrator to administer the


Administrator
and security locally on their PC's domain and its users and resources.

The computers can be on different


All computers must be on the same
Location local networks, i.e. anywhere in the
local network or subnet.
world.

One can make only limited changes


Each user controls the settings on to a computer's settings because
Computer's
their own computer. No central network administrators often want
settings
settings. to ensure consistency among
computers.

Each computer must be changed


Changes made to one are
Changes manually or once changed must be
automatically made to all computers
transferred to each computer.

User needs to have separate log in


Domain users must provide a
id and password at each
Security password or other credentials each
workstation, but once logged in can
time they access the domain.
access the computer.

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