CIM cmdlets

The Common Information Model (CIM), commands are:

• Get-CimAssociatedInstance
• Get-CimClass
• Get-CimInstance
• Get-CimSession
• Invoke-CimMethod
• New-CimInstance
• New-CimSession
• New-CimSessionOption
• Register-CimIndicationEvent
• Remove-CimInstance
• Remove-CimSession
• Set-CimInstance

Each of the CIM cmdlets uses either the ComputerName or CimSession parameter to target the operation at another computer.

Getting instances

The Get-CimInstance command is used to execute queries for instances of WMI objects. For example:

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem 
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Service 
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Share

A number of different parameters are available when using Get-CimInstance. The command can be used with a filter:

Get-CimInstance Win32_Directory -Filter "Name='C:\\Windows'" 
Get-CimInstance CIM_DataFile -Filter "Name='C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe'" 
Get-CimInstance Win32_Service -Filter "State='Running'"

When returning large amounts of information, the Property parameter...