The WMI cmdlets

The WMI cmdlets have been superseded by the CIM cmdlets. The WMI cmdlets are not available in PowerShell Core, but the type accelerators are.

The WMI commands are as follows:

• Get-WmiObject
• Invoke-WmiMethod
• Register-WmiEvent
• Remove-WmiObject
• Set-WmiInstance

In addition to the commands, three type accelerators are available:

• [Wmi]: System.Management.ManagementObject
• [WmiClass]: System.Management.ManagementClass
• [WmiSearcher]: System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher

Each of the WMI cmdlets uses the ComputerName parameter to aim the operation at another computer. The WMI cmdlets also support a credential parameter and other authentication options affecting the authentication method.

Both the Wmi and WmiClass type accelerators can be written to use a remote computer by including the computer name an example is as follows:

[Wmi]"\\RemoteComputer\root\cimv2...