PowerShell and WMI

Preface

I am very passionate about using PowerShell to automate the administration of Windows systems. This will become apparent very quickly if you talk to me, listen to me at conferences, or read my other books or blogs. WMI has a reputation for being powerful but hard to use. PowerShell is the way forward for system administrators, and WMI is that horrible, old technology that no one really knows how to use. So why do we need a book on PowerShell and WMI?

In reality, PowerShell and WMI are made for each other. They are both powerful, but put them together and you have low-level access to just about every facet of your Windows system. WMI is a first-class citizen in the PowerShell world, with a set of cmd-lets to make using WMI easier and ...