WMIC PowerShell Tricks.

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There are multiple options to use WMIC.

What is WMIC?
Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line. Refer this link for more information.

Help:
WMIC /?

PowerShell Way:
Requirement: Get BIOS information as HTML report



$BIOS = Get-WmiObject Class Win32_BIOS | ConvertTo-Html -Fragment
ConvertTo-Html -Body $BIOS -Title "BIOS Information" | Out-File C:\Temp\BIOS.HTML

Alternative Way (Interesting Trick)

 

WMIC BIOS LIST BRIEF /format:htable | Out-File C:\Temp\BIOS_WMIC.HTML

Simple and Easy to consume WMIC as required using Command Lines or PowerShell hosts.