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CIM vs WMI cmdlets-remote execution speed

Following on from my previous post we’ll look at how the two types of cmdlets compare for accessing remote machines. I used a similar format to the previous tests but was accessing a remote machine. First off was the WMI cmdlet – using DCOM to access the remote Windows 2012...

CIM cmdlets vs WMI cmdlets–speed of execution

One question that came up at the summit was the comparative speed of execution of the new CIM cmdlets vs the old WMI cmdlets.  No of us knew the answer because we’d never tried measuring the speed.

I decided to perform some tests.

This first test is accessing the local...

Creating a new disk

I really like Windows Server Core. The concept has come of age in Windows 2012.

I needed to add a new disk to a virtual machine  - that’s easy using the Hyper-V cmdlets. But what about formating the disk.

A module new to Windows 2012 & Windows can be used.  Its...

Windows Server Backup

Windows Server 2012 has a PowerShell enabled backup utility. When you enable the feature you get a module called WindowsServerBackup.  It has the cmldets you would expect for creating and managing backups. No surprise you may say as this was avialable in Windows 2008 R2.

The...

Running workflows

I tripped over an interesting issue recently regarding the running of PowerShell workflows.

Consider the world’s simplest workflow

workflow test-w1 {"hello world"}

If I run this on a 32bit Windows 8  PowerShell machine – it works

If I run this...

AD Management in a Month of Lunches

The MEAP marches on with chapter 8 now released:

Chapter 8 – creating Group Policies

details from http://www.manning.com/siddaway3/