Microsoft Management Console

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Microsoft Management Console

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the Management Console with "Computer Management " open and the "Services" branch opened there
Basic data

developer Microsoft
operating system Windows
category Operating system management
License EULA ( proprietary )
German speaking Yes
www.microsoft.com

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a graphical user interface for managing computers under Microsoft Windows . The MMC itself does not perform any administrative tasks, but rather combines administrative programs. Such a program for the MMC is called a snap-in and has the file name extension msc .

With the MMC, most tools are executed by the user below the Control Panel entry is "Management", including the Computer Management Device Manager and Disk Management and Service Control. The main view of the Management Console shows a tree on the left in which the desired snap-in can be selected. The associated options then appear on the right.

Snap-ins can be started directly via the start menu , the command line , PowerShell or the "Run" dialog, whereby the MMC is executed with the corresponding module. However, some of these are only functional in connection with a Windows server or only available on one. With many snap-ins it is possible to manage a local computer as well as a remote computer.

It is also possible to create or develop user-defined views and consoles using the MMC itself, its SDK or the Win32 API .

history

The MMC was introduced in late 1997 with the Option Pack for Windows NT 4.0 . Version 1.2 is part of Windows 2000 . It can also be retrofitted under Windows 9x . Version 2.0 followed with Windows XP , with Service Pack 3 and shortly afterwards with Windows Vista Version 3.0 of the MMC. All newer versions of the operating system also contain this version of the MMC.

Since version 8 of the Windows operating system, Microsoft has been gradually relocating the system administration from the administration console or the system control to the "Settings" function introduced there, with most functions still being redundant even today.

Examples of snap-ins in Microsoft Windows

  • Active Directory - Users and Computers (dsa.msc)
  • Active Directory Sites and Services (dssite.msc)
  • Computer Management (compmgmt.msc)
  • Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
  • Services (services.msc)
  • DNS Manager (dnsmgmt.msc)
  • Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)
  • Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc)
  • Device Manager (devmgmt.msc)
  • Group Policy Management (gpmc.msc, includes gpedit.msc)
  • Local users and groups (lusrmgr.msc)
  • Windows Defender Firewall (wf.msc)
  • Windows Server Update Services (wsus.msc)
  • Certification Authority (certserv.msc)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adding a Snap-In to a New MMC Console for a Local Computer. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ryan Majidimehr (H10 Capital): How-To Develop Snap-ins Using MMC. Retrieved December 3, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ mcleanbyron: Build desktop Windows apps using the Win32 API - Win32 apps. Retrieved December 3, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ IIS 4 / Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack released. December 2, 1997, accessed December 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ MMC Versions ( American English ) Microsoft. May 31, 2018. Accessed December 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ MMC (Microsoft Management Console) 1.2 German release . Microsoft. Retrieved on June 3, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.microsoft.com
  7. ↑ Windows XP SP3: The updates at a glance . PC world . April 22, 2008. Accessed June 3, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.pcwelt.de
  8. ↑ Windows 10 is degrading: The control panel can do less and less. In: Computer Bild . July 5, 2019, accessed December 23, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Control Panel will be replaced by the Settings app. In: WindowsArea (.de) . October 9, 2015, accessed December 23, 2019 .