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Virtualization WMI Provider

Purpose

Hyper-V provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualized server computing environment. It enables one or more guest operating systems to run concurrently on a single physical computer. Key uses for virtual machine technology include the following:

  • Server consolidation
  • Consolidation of development and testing environments
  • Simplified disaster recovery

Run-Time Requirements

Virtualization services require a x64-based system that supports hardware-assisted virtualization running Hyper-V. Programs that interact with the WMI interfaces however, can run remotely on any system that supports WMI.

In This Section

TopicDescription

About the Virtualization WMI Provider

Key virtualization concepts and a high-level view of the WMI provider.

Using the Virtualization WMI Provider

Sample code that demonstrates common tasks.

Virtualization WMI Classes

Documentation of the WMI classes you can use to manage the Windows virtualization environment.

See Also

Hyper-V (Windows Server 2008 Technical Library)
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Server Virtualization



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