CIM Sessions

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CIM cmdlets replace many older WMI patterns by using CIM sessions over WSMan or DCOM to run WMI queries remotely, reuse connections, and accept alternate credentials even for local targets. Shows use of cbxml modules to expose classes, compares WSMAN vs DCOM behavior, and demonstrates session options (SSL, impersonation, auth levels). Notes sessions can survive reboots over WSMan, claims noticeable speedups in some workloads, and gives concrete commands to create, reuse and remove sessions.

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1. 0:00CIM Sessions intro
2. 1:10CIM and WMI in PowerShell
3. 2:36Exploring WMI classes
4. 5:45WMI associations
5. 7:53New CIM sessions
6. 9:02CBXML files benefits
7. 12:12CIM session SSL options
8. 13:52Demo: restart machine via CIM
9. 15:30Default CIM sessions
10. 16:35CIM session filtering oddities
11. 19:10Stateful vs stateless sessions
12. 20:58Get-CimInstance vs Get-WmiObject
13. 22:30Local machine access with CIM
14. 24:13Closing remarks & Q&A

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