Advanced Network Technologies

The goal of this course is to teach Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system administrators how to develop Microsoft Visual Basic® Script-based scripts that use the resources of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Administrators will use these scripts to perform a number of common tasks in the Microsoft Windows operating system environment.

 Describe Windows Management Instrumentation and the Common Information Model (CIM).
 Use the WMI Software Developer Kit (SDK) Tools CIM Studio, WMI Event Registration, and WMI Event Viewer.
 Use the SDK documentation to research WMI classes.
 Describe the WMI Scripting API.
 Develop scripts that make local or remote connections to any WMI resources.
 Develop scripts that can efficiently query management data from local or remote resources.
 Develop scripts that can write to WMI local or remote resources.
 Describe the WMI event architecture.
 Develop scripts that can configure, monitor, and implement WMI events.
 Identify how they can apply WMI Scripting API scripts to access future resources that use Windows Management Instrumentation.

1. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
The Enterprise Management Challenge
WMI Overview
The Common Information Model
Accessing WMI

2. Working with WMI Objects
Connecting to WMI Using Scripts
Accessing WMI Objects
Advanced Scripting
Security Settings

3. Querying WMI
Enumerating Objects
WMI Query Language
Data Queries
Using a Universal Query Script
Associations and References
Optimizing Queries
The View Provider

4. Working with Events
The WMI Event Architecture
Scripting for Events in WMI
Using Best Practices

5. The Future of WMI
WMI and Microsoft Products
WMI Enhancements in Microsoft Windows XP
The Importance of Microsoft .NET
References