A Quick Introduction to WMI from .NET

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by Jim Murphy 04/08/2003 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft's implementation of the Web Based Enterprise Management Initiative as defined by the Distributed Management Task Force. Or, if you like, the DMTF WBEM--and let me tell you it's a monster. There is a lot to the WMI architecture including performance counters, event notifications, configuration management and storage, all built for a distributed environment making WMI the preferred technology for monitoring...n

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