what is the difference between a home network or workplace
Work Location Vs Home Location. At work you do know most of the computers and users, and you do need to connect to the office Printer, scanner, server and whatnot. But, you do not need to share private information. So the big difference between Home and Work Location is the ability to use the HomeGroup Functionality. HomeGroup (as you well know) are the home version of a Workgroup.