Which statement is true about a non-domain-joined StoreFront deployment regarding server groups?

Which statement is true about a non-domain-joined StoreFront deployment regarding server groups?

• A. Server groups are supported
• B. Server groups are NOT supported
• C. Server groups can be created manually
• D. Server groups are available only in domain joined deployments

Answer: (B)

The feature being tested is dependent on domain-based management. Server groups are a mechanism to organize and manage multiple Delivery Controllers for load balancing and failover, and they rely on Active Directory to identify and coordinate the servers within the group. In a non-domain-joined StoreFront deployment, there’s no AD infrastructure to support this grouping and its associated coordination, so the server-group capability isn’t available. You can still connect to multiple Delivery Controllers individually, but you don’t get the grouped, automatic routing behavior that server groups provide.

The feature being tested is dependent on domain-based management. Server groups are a mechanism to organize and manage multiple Delivery Controllers for load balancing and failover, and they rely on Active Directory to identify and coordinate the servers within the group. In a non-domain-joined StoreFront deployment, there’s no AD infrastructure to support this grouping and its associated coordination, so the server-group capability isn’t available. You can still connect to multiple Delivery Controllers individually, but you don’t get the grouped, automatic routing behavior that server groups provide.