The information in this topic applies only to System Center 2012 SP1.
The manifest is used by the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) console to determine what your add-in can do. It contains several pieces of basic information that identify the add-in, and then it defines all the components the add-in will supply to the console. For more information about manifests, see Manifests.
How to Define a Manifest
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Create a new XML document named manifest.xml.
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Create the root XML node named ConsoleAddIn
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Add an attribute named Name to the root XML node and set the value to the name of your add-in.
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Add an attribute named Version to the root XML node and set the value to the version of your add-in. For example, the value of 1.0.0.0.
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Add an attribute named Author to the root XML node and set the value to the name of the add-in author.
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Add an attribute named Description to the root XML node and set the value to the a short and descript description of the add-in.
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Add an attribute named FolderName to the root XML node. Set the value of this attribute to a folder name that your add-in will be installed to. This must be unique across all add-ins installed in the console.
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Add an attribute named TrustLevel to the root XML node and set the value to Full.