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PowerShell and WMI

PowerShell and WMI. Empowering admins and engineers worldwide. IT Administrators & Engineers Security teams IT Managers. Who needs WMI?. Why WMI?. Providers Namespaces Classes Instance Properties Instance Methods Static properties Static methods System classes

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PowerShell and WMI

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  1. PowerShell and WMI Empowering admins and engineers worldwide.

  2. IT Administrators & Engineers • Security teams • IT Managers Who needs WMI? Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  3. Why WMI? Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  4. Providers • Namespaces • Classes • Instance Properties • Instance Methods • Static properties • Static methods • System classes • WMI qualifiers (metadata) WMI Architecture Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  5. Select * from <EventClass> within <seconds> where <criteria> WMI Eventing Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  6. WMI Tools Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  7. What is a type accelerator? System.Management Namespace • [wmiclass] = ManagementClass • [wmi] = ManagementObject • [wmisearcher] = ManagementObjectSearcher WMI Type Accelerators Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  8. Type Accelerator Examples Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  9. Get-WmiObject • Register-WmiEvent • Get-EventSubscriber • Unregister-Event • Invoke-WmiMethod • (Get-WmiObject … …).MethodName(); • ([wmiclass]"class_name").MethodName(); • Remove-WmiObject • (Get-WmiObject … …) | % { $_.Delete() }; • Set-WmiInstance • [wmiclass]"win32_environment").CreateInstance(); WMI Cmdlets Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  10. WMI Cmdlet Examples Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  11. WMI Event Cmdlet Examples Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  12. WMI Event Cmdlet Examples Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  13. Permanent WMI Events Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  14. Get-CimAssociatedInstance • Get-CimClass • Get-CimInstance • Get-CimSession • Invoke-CimMethod • New-CimInstance • New-CimSession • New-CimSessionOption • Register-CimIndicationEvent • Remove-CimInstance • Remove-CimSession • Set-CimInstance Use WinRM and avoid DCOM / RPC nightmares! PowerShell v3 Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  15. Browse WMI with SAPIEN WMI Explorer • http://www.sapien.com/downloads • Try out the WMI cmdlets and type accelerators • Learn about WMI eventing • http://powerevents.codeplex.com/ Call to action Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

  16. Thanks for coming! Presentation by Trevor Sullivan

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