Workgroup:
- Generally a workgroup refers to a group of computers connected on the one network.
- Work Group is One and One Network.
- Where every computer is connected to the other computer this is called Peer-Peer Network.
- Storage is stored in every individual computer.
- By default every windows os is a workgroup with name "WORKGROUP".
- Each device as its own individual account.
Domain:
- All devices in the network acts as a client and one device as a server.
- Only the server system can share and store data.
- In this network there must be at least one server.
- All the user accounts are stored in the server.
- Each device data is stored in the server.
- Domain Controller can only be created in Windows Server OS and clients can be added to the Windows OS.
Workgroup
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Domain
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| Log in | User can access only from one computer or device in network. | User can log on at any device with in the network. |
| Workstations | Computers are limited to maximum 10 | There can be up to 2000 computers |
| Administrator | User access all rights to control the PC. | One administrator to administer the domain and its users and resources. |
| Location | All computers must be on the same local network | The computers can be on different local networks, i.e. anywhere in the world. |
| Changes | Each computer must be changed manually | Changes made to one are automatically made to all computers |
| Security | One time credentials, can make access the full PC. | Admin needs to give permission, to access full PC. |