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I could be wrong, but the way I understand it is that even if the DFS is a &quot;stand-alone&quot; server, it has to be a member of a domain. &nbsp;Clients that are in a workgroup can still access the DFS share on the domain by linking to the DNS FQDN of the DFS share though.
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I could be wrong, but the way I understand it is that even if the DFS is a "stand-alone" server, it has to be a member of a domain.  Clients that are in a workgroup can still access the DFS share on the domain by linking to the DNS FQDN of the DFS share though.

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Is it possible to run Windows 2003 DFS in a workgroup? &nbsp;I have two servers, in the same workgroup, that I would like to use DFS on. &nbsp;The documentation I've found from MS doesn't address the requirement to have DFS in a domain or a workgroup. &nbsp;
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Is it possible to run Windows 2003 DFS in a workgroup?  I have two servers, in the same workgroup, that I would like to use DFS on.  The documentation I've found from MS doesn't address the requirement to have DFS in a domain or a workgroup.  

Windows 2003 DFS running in a workgroup

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).