Windows Management Instrumentation Query Language (WQL) is

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with minor semantic changes. WQL is dedicated to WMI and is designed to perform queries against the CIM repository to retrieve information or get event notifications.

Example

As an example, the following WQL query selects all the drives on a computer that have less than 2 MB of free space:WMI Queries
/ref> SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk WHERE FreeSpace < 2097152

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Querying with WQL

WQL Operators

WQL-Supported Date Formats

WQL-Supported Time Formats

WQL (SQL for WMI)

Using WQL with the WMI Provider for Server Events

WMI Queries

Learn WMI Query Language using PowerShell
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