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# Windows Management Instrumentation
  This section contains the following subjects:  
  
-   [WMI Provider for Configuration Management Concepts](../../relational-databases/wmi-provider-configuration/wmi-provider-for-configuration-management.md)  
  
-   [WMI Provider for Server Events Concepts](../../relational-databases/wmi-provider-server-events/wmi-provider-for-server-events-concepts.md)  
  
-   [WMI Provider Events and Errors](../../relational-databases/native-client-ole-db-errors/errors.md)  
  
-   [WMI Provider for Configuration Management Classes](../../relational-databases/wmi-provider-configuration-classes/wmi-provider-for-configuration-management-classes.md)