MMC stand for (Microsoft Management Console) and is an application that provides a graphical-user interface and a programming framework in which consoles can be created, saved, and opened. It was originally released as part of the Windows 98 Resource Kit and is included on all later versions with Multiple Document Interface which is an environment similar to Microsoft's Windows Explorer. MMC is considered to be a container for the actual operations and is known as a tools host. It does not itself, provide management but rather a framework in which management tools can operate.