Learning More About WMI
WMI is a sophisticated system. This appendix gives you enough information to manage WMI for SMS. Supplemented with the chapters listed in the "How SMS Uses WMI" section earlier in this appendix, you should be able to extend WMI and SMS to better serve your goals.
The following resources can give you a more extensive understanding of WMI:
The WMI SDK, which is available at the Microsoft Web site at https://msdn.microsoft.com.
The WMI Tutorial, which is available at the Microsoft Web site at https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=12570.
An MSDNĀ® News article, which is available at the Microsoft Web site at https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/. This is an administrator-oriented, general-interest introduction.
The WBEM standard, which is available at http://www.dmtf.org/wbem/index.html.
Third-party books about WMI.
WMI newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com. Use Outlook Express or a similar newsreader to access newsgroups.
A third-party WMI Web site, which is available at http://desktopengineer.com/search.php?mode=search&type=stories&topic=0080WMI.
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