What Is WMI?

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Windows Management Instrumentation is the Windows implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) technology. Its aim is to make computer systems much more manageable and reduce the cost of managing distributed systems. WBEM is based on the Common Information Model (CIM) schema, an industry standard driven by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). We strongly recommended that you download the WMI software development kit (SDK) from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/wmi if you want to learn about WMI.