.NET System Management Services

This book is intended for both system administrators and developers.
If you work for relatively small "start-up" company, chances are you have been involved in System Administration aspects as well as DBA as well as Software Development as well as "The guy who troubleshoot and replaces broken computer parts", this book is very useful to you.

This book walks you through System.Management namespace of the .NET framework, a wrapper around WMI(Windows Management Instrumentation). It is used to access just about any component of the system (both hardware and software). WMI even includes a SQL-like language, called WQL, which can be used to query system components.

This book jam-packed with technical knowledge, skill and perception.
If you are in a position where you have to deal with these issues, this book will provide valuable resource.