1.3 - The Microsoft Management Console

Question 1

Microsoft Management Console

Answer 1

• Build your own console
  – mmc.exe
• A handy starting point
  – Event Viewer
  – Local Users and Groups
  – Disk management
  – Task Scheduler
  – And more!

Question 2

Event Viewer

Answer 2

• Central event consolidation
  – What happened?
• Application, Security, Setup, System
• Information, Warning, Error, Critical, Successful
  Audit, Failure Audit
• eventvwr.msc

Question 3

Disk Management

Answer 3

• Manage disk operations
  – Individual computers and file servers
• diskmgmt.msc
• WARNING
  – YOU CAN ERASE DATA
  – ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP

Question 4

Task Scheduler

Answer 4

• Schedule an application or script
  – Plan your future
• Includes predefined schedules
  – Click and go
• Organize
  – Manage with folders
• taskschd.msc

Question 5

Device Manager

Answer 5

• The OS doesn’t know how to talk directly
  to most hardware
• Device drivers are hardware specific and
  operating system specific
  – Older device drivers may not necessarily work in
  Windows 10 or 11
• devmgmt.msc

Question 6

Certificate Manager

Answer 6

• View user and trusted certs
  – Add and remove
• certmgr.msc

Question 7

Local users and groups

Answer 7

• Users
  – Administrator - the Windows super-user
  – Guest -Limited access
  – “Regular” Users
• Groups
  – Administrators, Users, Backup Operators,
  Power Users, etc.
• lusrmgr.msc

Question 8

Performance Monitor

Answer 8

• Gather long-term statistics
  – perfmon.msc
• OS metrics
  – Disk, memory, CPU, etc.
• Set alerts and automated actions
  – Monitor and act
• Store statistics
  – Analyze long-term trends
• Built-in reports
  – View the data

Question 9

Group Policy Editor

Answer 9

• Centrally manage users and systems
  – Policies can be part of Active Directory or a local system
• Local Group Policy Editor
  – Manages the local device
  – gpedit.msc
• Group Policy Management Console
  – Integrated with Active Directory
  – Powerful system management
  – gpmc.msc