Advanced File and Print Server Quick Start Guide

Multiple domains and trust relationships

As the network grows, simplify administration by dividing the network into multiple domains. Each domain has a unique name that you choose when installing the domain's primary server. A network with three domains might look like this:

Sample Advanced Server network

A trust relationship is a link between domains where the trusting domain honors the logon validations from the trusted domain. Trust relationships make the network easier to manage and easier to use because each user needs only a single account in one of the domains on the network, which can provide access to resources anywhere on the network.