I had a conversation with Jason Helmick about what tools administrators use and need. So it is admittedly a bit of a Frankenstein, but nonetheless it seems to have helped many administrators to do the same thing I needed it for: Discover WMI.įast forward to 2013. I originally put the WMI Explorer together in 2005 from code I found online and had laying around to better understand WMI and how to query the huge database behind it.

Amazingly enough this was never a tool that was intended to be released to the public.

It is in fact one of our most popular free tools from our collection of community tools. Please go here for more details.įor many years now administrators have used SAPIEN’s WMI Explorer to get a handle on WMI classes and their properties and methods. If you haven’t had a chance to thumb through the book, see the table of contents and check out the Look Inside, which includes the overview, early chapters, and a several of the exercises. You can also download a sample of the Kindle book on any device.Īnd, please join us in thanking our awesome designer, Maricela Soria, for all of her hard work in producing the Kindle Edition.WMI Explorer 2014 is now officially released as of April 17th 2014. The exercises and tasks make it feel like you’re in a hands-on lab with Jason and Mike. It’s chock full of commands and scripts that you can use today to manage your enterprise, including an in-depth review of Windows PowerShell 4.0 features and modules for IIS, Active Directory, SQL Server, Exchange, System Center, Remote Desktop Services, and much more. Jason and Mike have combined a clear, comprehensive, and practical introduction to Windows PowerShell with the newest strategies for advanced automation to make the book useful for absolute beginners through expert users. and international Amazon sites, see: Windows PowerShell TFM 4.0. You can read the Kindle Edition even without a Kindle device by downloading a free Kindle reading app for your computer, tablet, or smartphone.įor links to all editions of the book on U.S. This is a big win for eBook lovers, for our international friends, and for those of us who need a paperback by the laptop and a Kindle Edition for the road. Robbins (SAPIEN Press 2014) is now available in both Kindle Edition and paperback from. Windows PowerShell TFM, 4th Edition by Jason Helmick and Mike F.

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