Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS, Version 3.0, enables computers running MS-DOS to interact with domain controllers and computers running Windows NT Workstation.
Advanced Server has an open networking architecture that allows flexibility in communicating with other network products. Client computers running operating systems other than Advanced Server, Windows NT Server, or Windows NT Workstation can interact with computers in an Advanced Server domain. However, they do not have domain computer accounts and therefore do not have Windows NT Workstation logon security. Their users can have user accounts stored in the directory database but their computers will not have logon security to protect access to their resources.
A workgroup is an organizational unit of computers (not users) that do not belong to a domain. In a workgroup, each computer tracks its user and group account information and — in contrast to domain controllers — does not share this information with other workgroup computers.
Workgroup members only can log on to workstation accounts and can view only the directories of other workgroup members over the network.
Computers running Windows NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95, or Windows for Workgroups can be configured to participate in either a domain or a workgroup. When setting up one of these computers for networking, you can specify a computer name and a workgroup name. If the workgroup name matches a domain name, then the computer name appears in the browse list for that domain. To determine whether the computer participates in a domain or a workgroup, you can specify that the computer log on to either an Advanced Server domain or a workgroup during installation.
Windows 95 has built-in access to Advanced Server networking. Users who have domain accounts can log on to their accounts in the same way as Windows NT Workstation users. Windows 95 user account logons can be validated by both Advanced Server and LAN Manager, Version 2.x, domain controllers.
If MS-DOS client computers are running one of the following components, they can share network resources on their respective servers:
Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS, Version 3.0, enables computers running MS-DOS to interact with domain controllers and computers running Windows NT Workstation.
Microsoft LAN Manager for MS-DOS, Version 2.2, enables computers running MS-DOS to interact with LAN Manager, Version 2.x, servers and Advanced Server domain controllers.
If OS/2 client computers are running Microsoft LAN Manager for OS/2, Version 2.2, they can interact with LAN Manager, Version 2.x, servers and Advanced Server domain controllers.
Because computers running MS-DOS cannot store user accounts, they do not participate in domains in the same way as Windows NT computers. Each computer running MS-DOS usually has a default domain set for browsing. If an MS-DOS user has a domain account, you can set the browsing domain on the user’s computer to any domain. It does not have to be the domain containing the user’s account.
Advanced Server interoperates with LAN Manager for UNIX Systems and Microsoft LAN Manager, Version 2.x. MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and OS/2 computers running LAN Manager workstation software can connect to servers running Advanced Server. LAN Manager 2.x servers (on both OS/2 and UNIX system computers) also can work with servers running Advanced Server — even in the same domain.
Microsoft LAN Manager for OS/2, Version 2.2, is a component of Advanced Server that enables OS/2, Version 1.3x, computers to interact with LAN Manager, Version 2.x, servers and computers running Advanced Server, Windows NT Server, and Windows NT Workstation. If an OS/2, Version 1.3x, system is running these components, it can share network resources with its servers.
For information about LAN Manager domain interoperability, see How Advanced Server Works With LAN Manager.
