23.4. Summary

Windows PowerShell version 1.0 typically allows you to access only the local machine with limited access to shared locations on other machines on the network. To achieve greater access to networked machines, you can make use of Windows Management Instrumentation functionality from Windows PowerShell using the get-wmiobject cmdlet. In this chapter, I have shown you how you can make use of the get-wmiobject cmdlet to access the local machine and remote machines.

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