Difference between Domain Admins & Built-In Administrators Group ?

Hi,
I am new to AD and would like to seek your advice.
If a user (say Peter) is a member of the Built-In Administrators Group but not a member of the Domain Admins Group in Active Directory, does it mean that
1) Peter can still manage Domain Objects but with some limitations ? What he cannot manage ?
2) Peter can remote access all workstations and servers in the Domain ?
Thanks

See:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756898(v=WS.10).aspx
Administrators:
Description: Members of this group have full control of all domain controllers in the domain. By default, the Domain Admins and Enterprise Admins groups are members of the Administrators group. The Administrator account is also a default
member. Because this group has full control in the domain, add users with caution.
Default user rights: Access this computer from the network; Adjust memory quotas for a process; Back up files and directories; Bypass traverse checking; Change the system time; Create a pagefile; Debug programs; Enable computer and user
accounts to be trusted for delegation; Force a shutdown from a remote system; Increase scheduling priority; Load and unload device drivers; Allow log on locally; Manage auditing and security log; Modify firmware environment values; Profile single process;
Profile system performance; Remove computer from docking station; Restore files and directories; Shut down the system; Take ownership of files or other objects.
Domain Admins:
Description: Members of this group have full control of the domain. By default, this group is a member of the Administrators group on all domain controllers, all domain workstations, and all domain member servers at the time they are
joined to the domain. By default, the Administrator account is a member of this group. Because the group has full control in the domain, add users with caution.
Default user rights: Access this computer from the network; Adjust memory quotas for a process; Back up files and directories; Bypass traverse checking; Change the system time; Create a pagefile; Debug programs; Enable computer and user
accounts to be trusted for delegation; Force a shutdown from a remote system; Increase scheduling priority; Load and unload device drivers; Allow log on locally; Manage auditing and security log; Modify firmware environment values; Profile single process;
Profile system performance; Remove computer from docking station; Restore files and directories; Shut down the system; Take ownership of files or other objects.
These groups are the most powerful in a domain and should NOT be used for day-to-day (lower level) administration. That's the beauty of Active Directory Domain Services. You don't need god-like rights to operate a domain (create users, groups,
manage attributes, etc.) and should not use these accounts for this kind of administration.
Additionally, don't logon locally to your workstations, notebooks etc. with these accounts. Doing so leaves data behind on the computer that is possible to compromise of the domain.
David Shaw [MSFT]

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