WMI Collector deprecation detailsDetailsApplicable release New York patch 10 and later Background Discovery and Service Mapping using patterns to discover Windows previously used Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Collector. The WMI Collector service was a MID Server component that helped it to communicate with Windows servers. In an effort to consolidate all the Windows discovery work inside the MID Server, we have removed the need to have a completely different service installed and running just to handle queries that we can perform directly, and much more easily. This also simplifies installation and configuration. Starting in the New York patch 10 and Orlando release, ServiceNow is deprecating WMI Collector and substituting it with PowerShell on the host machine. This change will be transparent as long as your MID Server is running PowerShell 3.0 up to 5.1. Prior to New York patch 10 and Orlando WMI Collector service [wmi_collector.exe] was used by Patterns to discover Windows servers. https://docs.servicenow.com/csh?topicname=configure-mid-service-mapping.html&version=latest Upgrading to New York patch 10 and Orlando When a MID Server upgrades to New York patch 10 and Orlando, it uninstalls the WMI Collector service. The Discovery and Service Mapping functionalities which previously used WMI Collector service [wmi_collector.exe] to query WMI are going to use PowerShell to query WMI. This setting is controlled by two MID Server properties, which both default to true: mid.sa.prefer_powershellmid.use_powershellAdditional InformationRequirements Minimum PowerShell version 3.0Maximum PowerShell version 5.1 Impacted products Discovery and Service Mapping using Patterns FAQ If the same host has MID Servers for Orlando and earlier New York instances, what happens? The Orlando MID Server will use PowerShell.The New York (prior to patch 10) MID Server will use wmi_collector.exe. Additional resources KB0793999 Windows MID Server PowerShell requirements KB0822483 Orlando Release MID WMI error: SEVERE *** ERROR *** (111)WmiCollectorServiceStarter - Failed to read/write