msc extension and can be launched using this syntax: mmc path \ filename.msc. A snap-in combined with MMC is called a management saved console, which is a file with. Snap-ins are registered in the \ and registry keys. Third parties can also implement their own snap-ins using the MMC's application programming interfaces published on the Microsoft Developer Network's web site. Most of Microsoft's administration tools are implemented as MMC snap-ins.
The management console can host Component Object Model components called snap-ins.