In the last article, I started demonstrating how you can build your own PowerShell tooling using the CIM .NET classes. While I still recommend using cmdlets like `Get-CimInstance` and `Get-CimClass` in your functions, advanced scripters may want to build tooling that meets a specific requirement the CIM cmdlets don't address. Today, let's continue to see how we can use the .NET CIM classes to build a custom function that retrieves the CIM-based information. I'll begin with creating a `CimSession` object for the local computer.

$cs =[Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSession]::Create($env:COMPUTERNAME)

PS C:\> $cs | Get-Member -MemberType method |

Where Name -match '^((Get)|(Query)|(Enumerate))((Class(es)?)|(Instance(s)?))$' |

Select-Object Name

Name

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EnumerateClasses

EnumerateInstances

GetClass

GetInstance

QueryInstances