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description Avoid using WMI cmdlets
ms.date 07/21/2026
ms.topic reference
title AvoidUsingWMICmdlet

AvoidUsingWMICmdlet

Severity Level: Warning

Default state: Always enabled

Description

This rule detects the use of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) cmdlets. Since PowerShell 3.0, you should use Common Information Model (CIM) cmdlets instead of WMI cmdlets. CIM cmdlets comply with WS-Management (WSMan) standards and the CIM standard, which enables management of Windows and non-Windows operating systems.

Don't use these WMI cmdlets:

  • Get-WmiObject
  • Remove-WmiObject
  • Invoke-WmiMethod
  • Register-WmiEvent
  • Set-WmiInstance

Use these CIM cmdlets instead:

  • Get-CimInstance
  • Remove-CimInstance
  • Invoke-CimMethod
  • Register-CimIndicationEvent
  • Set-CimInstance

Example

Noncompliant

Get-WmiObject -Query 'Select * from Win32_Process where name LIKE "myprocess%"' | Remove-WmiObject
Invoke-WmiMethod -Class Win32_Process -Name 'Create' -ArgumentList @{ CommandLine = 'notepad.exe' }

Compliant

Get-CimInstance -Query 'Select * from Win32_Process where name LIKE "myprocess%"' | Remove-CimInstance
Invoke-CimMethod -ClassName Win32_Process -MethodName 'Create' -Arguments @{ CommandLine = 'notepad.exe' }

Configure rule

This rule is always enabled and isn't configurable. Use one of the following methods to avoid using this rule:

  • Create a custom rule configuration file to include only the rules you want or exclude the rules you don't want.
  • Add the appropriate rule suppression attributes to your code to suppress the rule for specific code blocks. For more information, see the Suppressing rules section of Using PSScriptAnalyzer.