WMIC extends Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems. It allows scripts and applications to access information about the system—hardware status, running processes, service lists, and much more.
Checking and changing the status of Windows services. wmic tool
As of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809) and Windows Server 2019, Microsoft officially declared WMIC as a . WMIC extends Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)