Q. How do I configure Windows Server 2003 DNS in a new workgroup environment?

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 324259 contains the following summary:

This step-by-step guide is intended for new workgroups without Domain Name System (DNS) servers. With DNS servers, users can use friendly names to contact resources. Friendly names are simple English names that represent a network resource. You can use DNS names to publish and name all of the networked resources in your workgroup.