Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800568457
Length 674 pages
Edition 4th Edition
Languages
Concepts
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Thomas Lee Thomas Lee
Author Profile Icon Thomas Lee
Thomas Lee
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Installing and Configuring PowerShell 7 2. Introducing PowerShell 7 FREE CHAPTER 3. Exploring Compatibility with Windows PowerShell 4. Using PowerShell 7 in the Enterprise 5. Exploring .NET 6. Managing Active Directory 7. Managing Networking in the Enterprise 8. Implementing Enterprise Security 9. Managing Storage 10. Managing Shared Data 11. Managing Printing 12. Managing Hyper-V 13. Managing Azure 14. Troubleshooting with PowerShell 15. Managing with Windows Management Instrumentation 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Introduction

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a Windows component you use to help manage Windows systems. WMI is Microsoft's proprietary implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standard. WBEM is an open standard promulgated by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) that aims to unify the management of distributed computing environments by utilizing standards-based internet technologies.

In addition to WMI for Windows, there are other implementations of WBEM, including OpenWBEM. You can read more about the DMTF and WBEM at https://www.dmtf.org/about/faq/wbem_faq, and check out OpenWBEM over at http://openwbem.sourceforge.net/.

Microsoft first introduced WMI as an add-on component for Windows NT 4. They later integrated WMI as an essential component of the Windows client, from Windows XP onward, and Windows Server versions since Windows Server 2000. Subsequently, several feature teams inside the Windows group made heavy use of WMI....

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime
Banner background image