DataSafe NAS User’s Manual 23
If you switch to a new Active Directory and select

Change primary DNS suffix when domain

membership changes, the DNS suffix is updated to
match the new Active Directory domain that you are
joining. For example, suppose your current DNS suffix
is MyMachine, and you join a new Active Directory
domain called example.microsoft.com. The new DNS
suffix, (example.microsoft.com), is displayed under
the Primary DNS suffix of this computer, replacing the
DNS suffix (MyMachine) previously created for
membership under the old domain.
If your computer belongs to a group with a group
policy enabled on the primary DNS suffix of the
DataSafe NAS, the string specified in the group policy
is used as the primary DNS suffix. The local setting is
used only if a group policy is disabled or unspecified.
Including hyphens and periods, a DNS suffix may
contain up to 155 characters.
Related Topics
n“DNS Settings” on page 29
n“DNS Name Resolution” on page 20
Workgroup
A workgroup is a simple grouping of computers,
intended only to help users find such things as
printers and shared folders within that group.
Workgroups in Microsoft Windows 2000 do not offer
the centralized user accounts and authentication
offered by domains.
nA workgroup name must not duplicate the
computer name. A workgroup name can have as
many as 15 characters, but cannot contain any of
the following characters: ; : " < > * + = \ | ? ,