I would prefer to set up our DFS such as: \domain.local\users \domain.local\customers \domain.local\support etc.

Is this a problem? Do I need to instead set all of the above folders as targets under a root such as: \domain.local\files\users \domain.local\files\customers \domain.local\files\support

Other than the path being shorter in the top example, which is what I would prefer, is there a difference in functionality in Windows DFS between the two examples shown?

Thanks in advance.