A console window contains the workspace of the MMC window. You can open more than one console window in the MMC interface. Then, you can switch between console windows. Each console window provides a left pane and a right pane.
The left pane of a console window contains the console tree. The console tree contains all the management components available in that console window. The right pane of a console window provides the details or results pane. When you select an item in the left-pane console tree, the right pane displays the details for that item.