Developing Wmi Solutions: A Guide to Windows Management Instrumentation

Craig Tunstall/ Gwyn Cole

ISBN 10: 0201616130 / ISBN 13: 9780201616132

Published by Addison-Wesley, 2002

1st edition. 816 pages. 9.00x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk0201616130

Synopsis:

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a powerful tool built into Windows which enables organizations to manage servers and user PCs connected to their networks. WMI brings the power of managing a Windows network to unprecedented levels. For example, through WMI an administrator can easily write a script that will identify what service packs have been installed on all the machines in the network. WMI is extremely complicated, however, and difficult to understand. This book is written to provide a thorough understanding of how WMI works, as well as being a handy reference to how to use WMI to its fullest potential. System administrators will learn to develop scripts through WMI to access and manipulate their network. Developers will learn how they can use and access the WMI through both the COM interface and the .NET framework.

About the Author:

Craig Tunstall is a visiting lecturer and Ph.D. scholarship researcher at the University of Westminster in London, England. Prior to this, he was a senior Windows project leader in research and development at SDX Business Systems, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies. Craig has been lecturing and doing research in the areas of WMI, network management, and distributed systems for the past three years.

Gwyn Cole is a senior software engineer with Avaya (formerly the Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies) working on Windows-based Unified Messaging products. Gwyn received his computer science degree from Staffordshire University in Stafford, England, and has worked in software development for seven years. His interests are in systems management and distributed computing, and he regularly speaks at software development forums.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Developing Wmi Solutions: A Guide to Windows...
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New