Cloud Computing – 1. The New Platform For Next Generation Business  There has been a lot of hype in the industry around cloud computing, also we have been hearing,observing& experiencing a proliferation of cloud service providers claiming to provide infrastructure, platform and application services consumable via the “cloud”. 

What does this really mean from an IT perspective? Microsoft believes the industry is going through a significant transformation across the entire stack:

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The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) subsystem has evolved over time to become a key dependency for many applications, Configuration Manager being one of them.   We've been intertwined since the .698 build of WMI shipped with Systems Management Server 2.0 (there was even a WBEM Inventory component in SMS 1.2).  

Given this history and relationship it's important to know what to do when something goes wrong. 

I've spent many years investigating / troubleshooting WMI related issues ...