DCOM Remote Protocol, as specified in . WMI uses for transmission of data between WM client role and WM server role, and for authentication of computers in both the client and server role. SOAP, as specified in . This standard defines message format and semantics that WSMV and WSMAN use. DNS, as specified in . This standard is used for locating monitored computers. TCP/IP, as specified in . This standard is used for data transmission for the underlying network. HTTP/1.1, as specified in . This standard is used for data transmission by Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Server 2003, as specified in , and by Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista, as specified in . The application/JSON Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), as specified in , defines a set of formatting rules for the portable representation of structured data. Protocol Summary The following table lists the WM protocols and provides brief descriptions of each. Some major differences in capability between the protocols are highlighted. All WM protocols play a single role: a protocol for remote management, in all its forms, of data. There are no functional groupings among the WM protocols. Document Protocol short Protocol name description name Windows This protocol [MS-WMI] Management is based on . Instrumentation Uses smaller Remote messages Protocol than WSMV (WMI Protocol) and WSMAN due to use of binary message encoding instead of . See section 2.2 for details of message encoding. Provides methods to query and modify the CIM classes and instances on a managed host. Web Services This protocol Management is a Microsoft Protocol extension to Extensions for the Web Windows Services for Server 2003 Management
DCOM Remote Protocol, as specified in . WMI uses for transmission of data between WM client role and WM server role, and for authentication of computers in both the client and server role. SOAP, as specified in . This standard defines message format and semantics that WSMV and WSMAN use. DNS, as specified in . This standard is used for locating monitored computers. TCP/IP, as specified in . This standard is used for data transmission for the underlying network. HTTP/1.1, as specified in . This standard is used for data transmission by Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Server 2003, as specified in , and by Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista, as specified in . The application/JSON Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), as specified in , defines a set of formatting rules for the portable representation of structured data. Protocol Summary The following table lists the WM protocols and provides brief descriptions of each. Some major differences in capability between the protocols are highlighted. All WM protocols play a single role: a protocol for remote management, in all its forms, of data. There are no functional groupings among the WM protocols. Protocol name Protocol description Document short name Windows Management Instrumentation Remote Protocol (WMI Protocol) This protocol is based on . Uses smaller messages than WSMV and WSMAN due to use of binary message encoding instead of . See section 2.2 for details of message encoding. Provides methods to query and modify the CIM classes and instances on a managed host. [MS-WMI] Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Server 2003 This protocol is a Microsoft extension to the Web Services for Management