Microsoft Management Console

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC)is for creating a customized administration tool interface. The most common way for administrators to use MMC is to simply start a predefined console file from the Start menu. However, to get an idea of the flexibility of MMC, it is useful to create a console file from scratch. It is also useful to create a console file from scratch.

Examples:

• services.msc
• devmgmt.msc

Click START, RUN, Open "services.msc" and ENTER

These files ending in .msc extension are known as Microsoft Management Console Snap-in Control Files. The top ten MSC snapins are:

1. Computer Management compmgmt.msc
2. Device Manager devmgmt.msc
3. Disk Management diskmgmt.msc
4. Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc
5. Event Viewer eventvwr.msc
6. Services services.msc
7. Task Scheduler taskschd.msc
8. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security WF.msc
9. Local Group Policy Editor gpedit.msc
10. Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc

If you open the Start Menu, click Run, type MMC, and then click OK the Microsoft Management Console opens with an empty console. From here you snap in controls for a custom interface. On the Console Menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.