Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of specifications from Microsoft for consolidating the management of devices and applications in a Windows-based operating system. It is a powerful tool for managing and monitoring the Windows operating system, providing a flexible and extensible architecture for accessing management data and automating administrative tasks. WMI comes preinstalled on Windows 2000 through Windows 11 OSes and is available as a download for Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 98. It allows scripting languages such as VBScript or Windows PowerShell to manage Microsoft Windows personal computers and servers, both locally and remotely. WMI is Microsofts implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) . The purpose of WMI is to define a proprietary set of environment-independent specifications that allow management information to be shared between management applications. WMI is especially effective in enterprise applications and administrative scripts, and it is used for managing remote computers, sharing management information between applications, accessing management data from any source in a uniform manner, monitoring Windows-based systems and networks, and monitoring activities across an enterprise network as part of a user entity behavior analytics (UEBA) system.