Windows Computer Management

Windows Computer Management: Manage Local & Remote Computers

Manage local and remote computers with system tools, performance monitoring, user and group management, shared resources, storage and services - Windows Computer Management is a powerful administrative tool in Windows operating systems.

What is Windows Computer Management?

Windows Computer Management is an administrative tool included in Windows operating systems starting from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It provides system administrators a centralized interface to manage local and remote Windows computers.

Computer Management combines various system administration snap-ins into a single Microsoft Management Console (MMC). These includes snap-ins for local users and groups, system tools, shared folders, performance monitoring and event viewer logs. Together they allow managing many aspects of a local or remote computer.

Some of the key things that can be done using Computer Management include:

• Managing local computer users, groups and permissions
• Viewing system information and modifying system properties
• Managing storage volumes, partitions and drives
• Configuring services and processes on the computer
• Creating and managing shares and shared folders
• Monitoring system performance and event logs

Computer Management provides IT administrators a convenient way to do various administration tasks from one interface rather than having to open multiple tools. It can manage both the local computer it is running on, as well as remote computers on the network. Overall, it is an essential tool for Windows system administration.

Windows Computer Management Features

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