With a domain-controller.... VS.... without a domain-controller ?

Our small company has about 30 computers networked together.
We can already log-in, print, share folders, share files, set permissions,
etc.

Who can list a few things that we could do if we set up a Windows 2000-2003
domain controller machine... that are TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE to do without one?

Thanks

 

You can read the "Benefits of Active Directory in a Windows 2000
Environment" document at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/business/adwin2k.asp

Hope it helps!

 

You can also read "Active Directory Benefits for Smaller Enterprises" which
is, I believe, your case
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/adsmallbiz.mspx

 

I'm not interested in which has more "benefits"... I only need a list of....

It's *IMPOSSIBLE* to do this without installing a domain-controller.
You *MUST* have a domain-controller... to do this.

(Currently... everything we need to do... seems to be working fine...
without any kind of a domain-controller at all.)

I'm starting to feel that a DC will do us no good at all. We won't really
*GAIN* anything that we can't already do.
(We are a very simple, very small company.)

If we only "gain" things like... you won't have to walk down the hall to
room #2... you'll be able to do everything from
room #1 instead. That's not really worth it. (I can walk 20 feet just
fine.)

 

Do roaming profiles work without a domain controller?

Do your Remote Web Workplace features work without a domain controller?
Especially the Connect to Client Computer feature?

How about Group Policies?

Carl