How MMC Can Work With Enterprise Console Products

Enterprise consoles are defined as the administrative products that support the enterprise, most often in network management. These products typically focus on network management with some extensions for system management. Because of their focus on global heterogeneous management, these products are rarely "best of breed" in their ability to manage individual client types. There is a great opportunity here to see integration of Windows-specific administration tools with these heterogeneous enterprise consoles. Here are two possible scenarios: