{"id":3214,"date":"2013-07-20T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2013\/07\/20\/weekend-scripter-introducing-the-powershell-and-wmi-browser\/"},"modified":"2013-07-20T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T00:01:00","slug":"weekend-scripter-introducing-the-powershell-and-wmi-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/weekend-scripter-introducing-the-powershell-and-wmi-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Scripter: Introducing the PowerShell and WMI Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Summary<\/strong>: Guest blogger, Jakob Gottlieb Svendsen, talks about the Windows PowerShell and WMI browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blog post by Jakob Gottlieb Svendsen. But first, a little bit about Jakob…<\/p>\n

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Jakob is a senior consultant, trainer, and chief developer at Coretech A\/S, where he is one of the driving forces in keeping Coretech a System Center Gold Partner and member of the System Center Alliance. Since he started at Coretech in 2007, he has focused on scripting and development, primarily developing tools, extensions, and scripts for the System Center Suite.<\/p>\n

His main product focus is System Center Orchestrator (the former Opalis), a product he has been invited to speak about at different summits and user group meetings, leading him to become a renowned voice in his field. Since 2012, he has been travelling the world and teaching his 3-day workshop on Orchestrator, which is called “Mastering System Center Orchestrator 2012.”<\/p>\n

He is passionately devoted to the community, and he contributes to it by being a moderator at TechNet and a member of the TechNet Influencers team, and by sharing his knowledge on his blog. In 2012, he and a two other Windows PowerShell geeks started the Danish PowerShell User Group.<\/p>\n

Jakob’s contact info:<\/p>\n

Blog: <\/strong>Coretech Blog<\/a>
<\/a>Twitter:<\/strong> @JakobGSvendsen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Coretech WMI and PowerShell Explorer<\/h2>\n

Hey scripting guys and girls!<\/p>\n

WMI is a great tool, but can sometimes be a hassle to browse, and it can be hard to find the information you are looking for. A great quote says, “I have a love-hate relationship with WMI. I love access to everything, but I can never find it!”<\/p>\n

To help in this matter, use a WMI browser! My great colleague, Kaido Järvemets (Enterprise Client Management MVP), has released a new WMI and Windows PowerShell browser tool. It is great for any kind of WMI browsing, but it also enables you to browse the Windows PowerShell commands on the local computer to get a list of the valid parameter sets. Because it is written completely in Windows PowerShell using WPF form, it can be a very nice inspiration for your own GUIs!<\/p>\n

To get started, you can download the browser and learn about all the requirements and license (it’s FREE!): Coretech WMI and PowerShell Explorer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now let’s get busy using this tool…<\/p>\n

Using the WMI feature<\/h2>\n

Follow these steps to start using the WMI browser.<\/p>\n

To connect to the local computer Root\\Cimv2 namespace<\/h3>\n
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  1. Launch the Coretech WMI and PowerShell Explorer as an Administrator. In the upper-left corner, expand the Menu<\/strong>, and click Connect. \n

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  2. In the Connect<\/strong> dialog box, use the Browse<\/strong> button to browse for existing namespaces on the local computer (or you can type the Namespace information). In this example, we will connect to the Root\\Cimv2 namespace. \n

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  3. From the list, double-click Root\\Cimv2<\/strong> to add the namespace, and then click Connect<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    With a successful connection, you are now able to browse all the Root\\Cimv2 classes. <\/p>\n

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    To connect to a remote computer<\/h3>\n
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    1. Launch the Coretech WMI and PowerShell Explorer as an Administrator. In the upper-left corner, expand the Menu<\/strong>, and click Connect.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. In the Connect<\/strong> dialog box, delete the existing computer name.<\/li>\n
    3. Type a User<\/strong> name and Password<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. Use the Browse<\/strong> button to browse for existing namespaces on the local computer (or you can type the Namespace information). In this example, we will connect to the Root\\Cimv2 namespace.\n

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    5. Click <\/span>Connect <\/strong>to connect to the namespace. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Note<\/strong>  When you connect to a remote computer, some classes requires that you change the Authentication to PacketPrivacy<\/strong>. The six Authentication levels are:<\/p>\n