Question

Create an MMC in Windows Server 2008

Answer 1

Creating an MMC

First of all we log into the server as Administrator or Administrator (depending on our case).
Start Menu -> Start search -> type: mmc.exe and press "ENTER".

When you run the mmc.exe command, an empty MMC (Microsoft Management Console ) becomes available.

Now we are going to add several components (snap-in) from the File menu. We select the menu File -> Add / Remove Snap-in ...

Now it will show us the dialog box "Add or Remove Snap-ins". As we can see, we do not have any component or snap-in added.

We select the "Active Directory Users and Computers" component on the left . To add it, press the "ADD" button . We click on the "OK" button and it shows us the component that we just added in the MMC. We extend the tree to see better what there is.

Now we write CMD.EXE in start menu -> Search box and press "ENTER". On the command line we write the following:

regsrv32.exe schmmgmt.dll

This command registers the DLL so that we have the component (snap-in) of the Active Directory Schema available to be able to add it to our new custom MMC. It will show us the following message once the previous command has been executed:

We go back to our MMC and go back to the process to add a component. We select "Active Directory Schema" and add it as we did before. We press "OK" and return to our MMC.

• We return to the same process to add the component "Computer Management".

• By adding this component, we will ask if we want to manage the local computer or a remote computer and if we choose the second option, we will have to specify the name of the computer in question.

• We have to be clear that if we select Local Computer , it does not refer only to the team where we are creating the MMC console, but it refers to the team from where we are executing it.

• Now we will select "Another Computer" and we will indicate "SERVERGYK01". We click on "FINISH". Press the "OK" button to close the "Add or Remove Snap-ins" dialog box .

• Now that we have finished configuring our MMC, we will save it to have it available from now on. In the File menu we choose Save ... or Save As ... We keep it on the desk to have it more visible and at hand.

With this we will have our personalized MMC on our desk and within our reach for future administrations of our teams.

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