Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components can provide information and notification. WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Standard from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
WMI allows scripting languages like VBScript to manage Microsoft Windows personal computers and servers, both locally and remotely. WMI is preinstalled in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows 2000.
