Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2002 uses Microsoft Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI) for its administrations. The BizTalk Administration MMC snap-in that ships with BizTalk Server 2002 is a WMI application that enables you to perform BizTalk Server administration tasks through WMI. In this article, you will learn how to program WMI for BizTalk Server 2002 in Microsoft .NET Framework, including using the classes in the System.Management namespace of the .NET. You will see how to build a reusable .NET class library so that average developers can use it to access BizTalk Server 2002 administration functionality in the .NET Framework without having to learn the complexity of WMI programming. This article assumes that you are familiar with BizTalk Server 2002 environment, especially the BizTalk Server Administration tool. It is also assumed that you have a basic understanding of the Microsoft .NET Framework and are familiar with Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET, including Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET and Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET.
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