Abstract
Microsoft favors provider-based architectures. There are OLE DB providers, cryptographic providers that are designed to work together with Microsoft Crypto API, and finally, there are WMI providers. The reasons for Microsoft’s affection are more than just sentimental. Today’s competition-driven world of software development is ridiculously diverse when it comes to technology, which often renders conventional architectures useless.
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Golomshtok, A. (2003). WMI Providers. In: .NET System Management Services. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0757-3_7
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