A Microsoft Windows-based multiple document interface (MDI) application. Developers can extend the console by writing MMC snap-ins that perform management tasks.
(MMC) A graphical interface for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) that contains "snap-in" administrative tools, such as the FrontPage MMC snap-in. See also Internet Information Services.
A utility to build customized consoles. These consoles can be saved to a file with an .msc file extension.
In Windows NT version 4.0 and Windows 2000, a utility designed to manage servers and services through a common user interface. MMC snap-ins include FrontPage Server Extensions, Internet Information Server (IIS), and SQL Server.
A general-purpose management display framework for hosting administration tools.
An application that serves as a host for administrative tools called snap-ins. By itself, Microsoft Management Console does not provide any functionality.
Microsoft Management Console - (MMC) A management display framework that hosts administration tools and applications. Using MMC, you can create, save, and open collections of tools and applications. Saved collections of tools and applications are called consoles.
A framework for hosting administrative tools, called consoles. A console may contain tools, folders or other containers, World Wide Web pages, and other administrative items. These items are displayed in the left pane of the console, called a console tree. A console has one or more windows that can provide views of the console tree. The main MMC window provides commands and tools for authoring consoles. The authoring features of MMC and the console tree itself may be hidden when a console is in User Mode. See also: snap-in; console tree
The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a component of modern Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides system administrators and advanced users with a flexible interface through which they may configure and monitor the system. Most of Microsoft's administration tools included with both Windows itself, and Windows Server System products are implemented as MMC "snap-ins". Third-parties can also implement their own snap-ins using the MMC application programming interfaces published at MSDN.