Workgroup (computer networking): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:51, 2 January 2014

Latest revision as of 07:22, 21 January 2025

(41 intermediate revisions by 35 users not shown)

Line 1:

In computer networking a '''work group''' is a collection of computers connected on a LAN that share the common resources and responsibilities. '''Workgroup''' is [[Microsoft]]'s term for a [[peer-to-peer]] [[local area network]]. Computers running Microsoft [[operating system]]s in the same work group may share [[Computer file|files]], [[Computer printer|printers]], or [[Internetworking|Internet connection]].<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/design/g/bldef_workgroup.htm|title=What Is a Workgroup in Computer Networking?|publisher=compnetworking.about.com|access-date=2014-04-17|archive-date=2014-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220412/http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/design/g/bldef_workgroup.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Work group contrasts with a [[Windows ___domain|___domain]], in which computers rely on centralized authentication.

A '''workgroup''' is [[Microsoft]]'s technology for a [[peer-to-peer]] [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] computer network.<ref>http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/design/g/bldef_workgroup.htm</ref>

Microsoft [[operating system]]s in the same workgroup may allow each other access to their [[Computer file|files]], [[Computer printer|printers]], or [[Internetworking|Internet connection]]. Members of different workgroups on the same [[local area network]] and [[TCP/IP]] network can directly access shared resources in workgroups to which they are joined and other workgroups on the same physical network as evidenced by later versions of Windows like [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows 7]].{{cn|date=February 2013}}

==See also==

* [[Windows for Workgroups]] – the earliest version of Windows to allow a work group

*[[Home network]]

* [[Windows HomeGroup]] – a feature introduced in Windows 7 and later removed in Windows 10 (Version 1803) that allows work groups to share contents more easily

*[[Peer-to-peer]]

* [[Browser service]] – the service enabled 'browsing' all the resources in work groups

*[[Shared disk access]]

* [[Peer Name Resolution Protocol]] (PNRP) - IPv6-based dynamic name publication and resolution

*[[Windows Server ___domain]]

*[[Windows for Workgroups]]

*[[Windows HomeGroup]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{compu-network-stub}}

* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecifications/dn646763.aspx Workgroup Server Protocol Program] (WSPP)

{{windows-stub}}

[[Category:Microsoft Windows technology]]

[[Category:Computer networking]]

{{compu-network-stub}}

{{windows-stub}}