Retrieve Inventory Information via WMI

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posted by Tobias Weltner

11-24-2008

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Retrieve Inventory Information via WMI

function Get-ComputerInfo { 
    param($computer = ".") 
 
    # create a result variable with the two new properties MODEL and MEMORY: 
    # (add more properties if you want more information) 
    $result = "" | Select-Object Model,Memory 
 
    # fill information into the result variable: 
    # (add more WMI queries to add more information) 
    $result.Model = (Get-WmiObject win32_bios -computerName $computer).Manufacturer 
    $result.Memory = (Get-WmiObject win32_operatingsystem -computerName $computer).TotalVisibleMemorySize 
 
    # return the result: 
    $result 
} 
 
Get-ComputerInfo 

Filed under: Inventory, Object, Select-Object

demonstrates how you can retrieve pieces of computer information like model and memory and combine them in one new self-defined object variable. Based on this sample, you can expand inventory and include as many self-defined properties and fill them with as many pieces of information you want. Since all results are returned as one object, you can then export the object to XML, write it to disk, save it as CSV or do whatever else you want - the usual PowerShell object pipeline commands work with your resiult object just fine.