Part 3. The future: PowerShell v3 and WMI

WMI has always been a first-class citizen in the PowerShell universe. Its importance has increased immensely with the introduction of PowerShell v3. But before we dive into the new functionality, we’ll look at using WMI over the WSMAN protocol in chapter 17. WSMAN increases in importance in PowerShell v3, so a sound grounding in the protocol is a must.

 

Warning

The last two chapters of the book are based on a beta release of PowerShell v3. Changes could occur before the final versions of PowerShell v3 and Windows 8 are released.

 

PowerShell v3 introduces a number of improvements to WMI usage:

  • New WMI namespaces and classes
  • A new API for accessing WMI locally and remotely
  • A new set of cmdlets (CIM) ...

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