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PowerShell is an object-oriented development language. When using PowerShell, you have the ability to call classes that read, store, and manipulate items on a system. A class is like a set of instructions and it's comprised of members. Two of the most commonly used members in a class are properties (read and store) and methods (execute). The call of a class isn't a direct reference to that object. Calling a class creates a copy of that object, called an instance. The instance is then referenced to interact with the class members. PowerShell 3.0 introduces new CIM instance cmdlets that enable you to work with classes, members, and instances. As you work through the new PowerShell cmdlets, it's important to ...

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