We've looked at several kinds of cmdlets so far in this book, but until now, each cmdlet has been working with a specific kind of object. In this chapter, we will look at the WMI and CIM cmdlets, which will allow us to look at a seemingly unlimited range of object types. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
What are WMI and CIM?
A WMI/CIM glossary
Retrieving objects via WMI and CIM
Calling methods via WMI and CIM
The CDXML modules