(For you developers, the DLLs aren’t automatically GAC’d, nor are native images generated.) NET code upon installation as it does with the. No, that in itself does not make it slow! For some unknown reason, Microsoft does not optimize the MMC 3.0.

The reason is that a bunch of code in MMC 3.0 is written in. You may find yourself staring at the screen for a long time each and every time you start up one of those snap-ins. Once you have MMC 3.0 installed, you may find that snap-ins that rely on it (and you generally won’t know which ones do) start up slowly. If you’re running Vista, you can stop reading now, because you already have MMC 3.0 and it is pre-optimized! You’ll need Windows XP SP2 or later, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later. Search Microsoft Downloads for ‘MMC 3.0’ to find the one you need. There are freely available versions of MMC 3.0 for the various editions of Windows, but you need to get the right one for your OS. BizTalk Server 2006’s Enterprise Single Sign On Admin tool requires MMC 3.0, and there will be many more in the future. If you have not already installed MMC 3.0, you’ll need it before too long. NET-based, and do a bit better job of error handling and logging in general.

MMC 3.0 can isolate snap-ins from each other, at least if they are.

NET-based snap-ins and reliability improvements.

The big changes in 3.0 are a new programming model for. Back in March 2006, Microsoft released MMC 3.0 without much fanfare. The most common version today is 2.0, found on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. You’re already familiar with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) if you’ve ever opened Computer Management, IIS Administration or any of the other Windows management tools.

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