Windows Management Instrumentation

This section describes Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI) extensions to WDM. These extensions provide the mechanism by which drivers can make measurement and instrumentation data available to user-mode applications. User mode applications access WMI data through a user mode API. For more information on the user mode WMI API, refer to the Platform SDK. This section includes:

Introduction to WMI

WMI Architecture

WMI Requirements for WDM Drivers

MOF Syntax for WMI Data and Event Blocks

Designing WMI Data and Event Blocks

Publishing a WMI Schema

Registering as a WMI Data Provider

Handling WMI Requests

Sending WMI Events

WMI Property Sheets

Using wmimofck.exe

WMI Event Tracing

Testing and Troubleshooting WMI Driver Support