Microsoft Windows WMI Activity Trace

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), which is an industry initiative to develop a standard technology for accessing management information in an enterprise environment.

WMI uses the Common Information Model (CIM) industry standard to represent systems, applications, networks, devices, and other managed components. For more information see Logging WMI Activity and Tracing WMI Activity.