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PowerShell: Use the Wmiclass Accelerator to Query a Remote Host

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You can use the Get-WMIObject cmdlet on a local host to perform a WMI query.

For example: 

Get-WmiObject -query "Select PartialProductKey,Description from SoftwareLicensingProduct where productkeyid is not null"

But how do you query a remote machine? By using PowerShell with the WMISearcher!

Here's an example of how to perform a WMI query against a remote machine called DexterDC:

$hostname = "DexterDC"            
$searcher = [wmisearcher]"Select ClientMachineID,RemainingWindowsReArmCount from SoftwareLicensingService"            
$searcher.scope.path = "\\$Hostname\root\cimv2"            
$searcher.get()

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  • Link to the Question asked on Technet Forum which made me discover this.

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