| All computers are peers and no computer has control over another computer |
Network admin uses one or more computer as a server and provide all accesses, security permission to all other computers in a network |
| In a Workgroup, each computer maintains their own database |
The domain is a form of a computer network in which computers, printers, and user accounts are registered in a central database. |
| Each computer has their own authentication rule for every user account |
It has centralized authentication servers which set the rule of authentication |
| Each computer has set of user account. If user has account on that computer then only user able to access the computer |
If user has an account in a domain then user can login to any computer in a domain |
| Workgroup does not bind to any security permission or does not require any password |
Domain user has to provide security credentials whenever they are accessing the domain network |
| Computer settings need to change manually for each computer in a Workgroup |
In a domain, changes made in one computer automatically made same changes to all other computers in a network |
| All computers must be on same local area network |
In a domain, computers can be on a different local network |
| In a Workgroup, there can be only 20 computers connected |
In a domain, thousands of computers can be connected |
