20.10. Summary
WMI is a set of mature technologies that represent a powerful weapon in every administrator's daily fight against network entropy. With the advent of Windows Remote Management, WMI is becoming even more attractive, as we can use it without having to go through the burden of reconfiguring firewalls to allow DCOM traffic. If you have not used WMI for real work yet, now may be the best time to start doing so. Of all WMI-related scripting tools that I have used, PowerShell is the one that makes using, learning, and mastering WMI the easiest.
Learning WMI can be a long journey. It takes some time to master because of the sheer number of objects that can be scripted with it. You can get a lot of useful ideas from the Microsoft Script ...
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