Setting up a WIndows domain worthwhile?

I am setting up a single, dedicated Win2K web server at a hosting provider. An admin I asked says I definitely should establish it as its own domain controller, but I question whether this is a good idea.

It seems to me that just running the server as a standalone server in a workgroup, without promoting it to a domain controller, setting up DNS, Active Directory, etc. would entail much less complexity and overhead and be just as secure.

What are the pros and cons?

 

 

 

 

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