What is WINS and when do you use it?
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) provides a dynamic
replicated database service that can register and resolve NetBIOS
names to IP addresses used on your network. The Microsoft® Windows
Server 2003 family provides WINS, which enables the server computer
to act as a NetBIOS name server and register and resolve names for
WINS-enabled client computers on your network as described in the
NetBIOS over TCP/IP standards.