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Possible to access WMI through ADO?

Is there an OLEDB provider for WMI/WBEM?

In other words, could someone access WMI through:

  • ADO in shell vbscript
  • ADO in ASP script
  • ADO in Win32 native process
  • SQL Server linked server
  • SQL Server OPENROWSET()

Is there an OLEDB provider for WMI/WBEM?

Is it possible to access WMI through ADO?

i hear rumors that an ODBC driver exists for WMI, but i cannot see it installed on my machine. Plus, i'm asking about OLEDB (and ADO that wraps it).

Solution

  • The answer is: No

    There used to be an ODBC WMI adapter for Windows 2000 Server as an optional installation. (see here). It is not supported on later Windows versions (see here).