Microsoft Management Console

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a component of Microsoft Windows that provides system administrators and advanced users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system. It was first introduced as an optional component of Windows NT 4.0 via the Option Pack update in late 1997, which includes several features that were slated for release with Windows 2000. It later came shipped with Windows beginning with the aforementioned operating system, and has remained available in many other Windows versions since.