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.

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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: ; : " < > * + = \ ? ,

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