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We’re pleased to announce that Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) support is now available for Surface Dock 2. This much anticipated functionality provides diagnostic information enabling IT admins to remotely monitor and manage the latest firmware, policy state, and related data across Surface Dock 2 devices. You can use WMI with Windows PowerShell, System Center Operations Manager, and other tools.

 

Compatible devices

  • Surface Pro (5th Gen & later)
  • Surface Book 2 (2nd Gen and later)
  • Surface Go (all generations)
  • Surface Laptop (all generations)
  • Surface Pro X — with native ARM64 support

Download

Download WMI package from Surface Dock 2 Drivers and Firmware.

 

WMI output

See the following figure for an example showing results for LastUpdateStatus, PolicyState, and all other  related variables. For full documentation, refer to Manage Surface Dock 2 with WMI.

 

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