This book helps developers and system administrators understand Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI is a technology built into Windows that enables organizations to manage servers and user PCs connected to their networks. Systems management is becoming much more important as organizational networks become more complex. Systems management is not necessarily a new concept as existing protocols like Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) have been around for a while. What is new is that it's been traditionally difficult to envisage a unified picture of the whole system.