Using the System Utilities
Administrative Tools
Microsoft Management Console
- The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a graphical interface shell that provides a structured environment to build management utilities.
Network administrators use MMC consoles with snap-ins to perform management tasks. A console is like a document window; one or more consoles can be loaded into the MMC at a time. Each console can host one or more snap-ins. A snap-in is a component that adds control mechanisms to the MMC console for a specific service or object. For example, the Disk Management snap-in is used to manage hard disks. Within a snap-in there are typi- cally multiple functions. For example, the Disk Management snap-in can partition and format hard disks. - When you share MMC consoles, you may wish to restrict the ability of others to modify them. This ensures that the MMC consoles are consistent each time they are used. To prevent modification of an MMC console, you can change the console access mode. All of the available console access modes are listed in Table 3-1.
Read more about the Microsoft Management Console at:
www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/howto/mmcsteps.mspx.