Windows Management Instrumentation as a way to monitor and audit enterprise IT infrastructure

Abstract

Windows Management Instrumentation as a way to monitor and audit enterprise IT infrastructure

Vereshchagina E.A., Rudnichenko A.K., Kolesnikova D.S.

Incoming article date: 28.11.2019

This paper describes the tools for managing the Windows operating system - Windows Management Instrumentation, and also analyzes its applicability for monitoring and auditing the enterprise IT infrastructure. The main WMI classes and their purpose are given. Two methods for using WMI are described: local and network. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of each method are given.

Keywords: operating system, Windows, Windows Management Instrumentation, WMI, audit, monitoring, IT infrastructure, wbemtest