7.5. WMI Control
WMI is a sophisticated and complete database of system functions and management data that can be accessed by network management applications such as System Management Server (SMS) or Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), LANDesk, Altaris, ZenWorks, Unicenter, and Tivoli, among others. Scripts or applications in Windows Server 2008 and Vista can request WMI data using the Windows Remote Management service. WinRM is a Microsoft implementation of the WS-Management Protocol, which communicates between programs and WMI repositories using the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). WMI is the Microsoft version of Web-based Enterprise Management WBEM, which is an industry-standard management protocol that accesses device data in the Common ...
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