The Admin Console is a standalone console for managing the administration of the repository.
The Admin Console is a tool comprising separate pages that identify a particular administrative activity or feature.
You can use the Admin Console as your main tool to help you manage your production environment. It is a simple alternative to using a JMX console, or manually setting properties in the alfresco-global.properties file.
The settings that you choose in the Admin Console take precedence over any setting that you add in the alfresco-global.properties file.