Re: Domain!

Arpan fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

> Microsoft defines the word 'DOMAIN' as a group of computers that are
> part of a network. Now I access the Net using cable connection which
> means that my personal computer is a part of a network. Is my PC a
> domain or is the entire network of which I am a part a domain? What
> exactly is a domain?
>
> I navigated to Control Panel--->Administrative Tools & opened Internet
> Services Manager. I right-clicked 'Default SMTP Virtual Server' &
> clicked 'Properties'. Under the 'Delivery' tab I clicked the
> 'Advanced...' button & found that the 'Fully qualified domain name'
> textbox is already populated. When I clicked the 'Check DNS' button, a
> message saying 'The domain name is valid' popped-up. Now from where
> did IIS get that domain name?
>
> I log in to my Windows 2000 Pro system using 'Adminstrator' as the
> Login ID & the domain name wasn't 'Administrator'.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arpan

>From the Windows 2000 help file:

"In Windows 2000 and Active Directory, a collection of computers defined
by the administrator of a Windows 2000 Server network that share a
common directory database.
A domain has a unique name and provides access to the centralized user
accounts and group accounts maintained by the domain administrator. Each
domain has its own security policies and security relationships with
other domains and represents a single security boundary of a Windows
2000 computer network. Active Directory is made up of one or more
domains, each of which can span more than one physical location.

For DNS, a domain is any tree or subtree within the DNS namespace.
Although the names for DNS domains often correspond to Active Directory
domains, DNS domains should not be confused with Windows 2000 and Active
Directory networking domains.
See also directory partition."

Basically a "Microsoft Domain" is a group of PC's and users whose
security and access are controled by a Windows NT,2000 or 2003 server.




--
Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk



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