That all sounds normal!
The default homing files (homex.g, homey.g etc) usually have a command in them to raise Z a little bit (5mm I think) so that it will clear anything on the bed (e.g. a print!). Have a look in your homing files and you'll see what it ius actually doing when you click the button in DWC 🙂
RE the drive mapping, the '0.x' thing is something new to the Duet3 hardware. The '0.' is the CAN address, so if you also had an expansion board set at address '2' you would map the drives on that with an M569 P2.1 etc. The older Duet2's (Duet Wifi & Ethernet) don't have the CAN expansion so don't use this notation. Also, I think if you miss out the '0.', it just assumes your addressing the main board, so in your case it probably won't make any difference.