Customizing MMCs - By: smileyi

In the previous lesson, you learned how to use the standard administrative consoles provided when you install Active Directory. You can also create custom consoles that focus on management tasks you specify by using the MMC. This lesson explains how you can create, use, and modify custom consoles.

After this lesson, you will be able to Create customized MMCs

Modify customized MMCs
Estimated lesson time: 25 minutes
The MMC

The MMC is a tool used to create, save, and open collections of administrative tools, which are called consoles. When you access the Active Directory administrative consoles discussed in Lesson 1, you are accessing the MMC for that tool. The Active Directory Domains And Trusts, Active Directory Sites And Services, and Active Directory Users And Computers administrative tools are each a console. The console does not provide management functions itself, but is the program that hosts management applications called snap-ins. Snap-ins are programs used by administrators to manage network services. 70-291 Exam

There are two types of MMCs: preconfigured and custom. Preconfigured MMCs contain commonly used snap-ins, and they appear on the Administrative Tools menu. You create custom MMCs to perform a unique set of administrative tasks, such as the MMC for the Active Directory schema discussed in the previous lesson. You can use both preconfigured and custom MMCs for remote administration. MCSE Certification

Note When you restart the computer in directory services restore mode, you must log on ': as an Administrator by using a valid Security Accounts Manager (SAM) account name and password, not the Active Directory Administrator's name and password. This is because Active Directory is offline, and account verification cannot occur. Rather, the SAM accounts database is used to control access to Active Directory while it is offline. You specified this password when you set up Active Directory.

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