def _windows_platform_data():
    '''
    Use the platform module for as much as we can.
    '''
    # Provides:
    #    kernelrelease
    #    kernelversion
    #    osversion
    #    osrelease
    #    osservicepack
    #    osmanufacturer
    #    manufacturer
    #    productname
    #    biosversion
    #    serialnumber
    #    osfullname
    #    timezone
    #    windowsdomain
    #    windowsdomaintype
    #    motherboard.productname
    #    motherboard.serialnumber
    #    virtual

    if not HAS_WMI:
        return {}

    with salt.utils.winapi.Com():
        wmi_c = wmi.WMI()
        # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394102%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
        systeminfo = wmi_c.Win32_ComputerSystem()[0]
        # https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394239(v=vs.85).aspx
        osinfo = wmi_c.Win32_OperatingSystem()[0]
        # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394077(v=vs.85).aspx
        biosinfo = wmi_c.Win32_BIOS()[0]
        # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394498(v=vs.85).aspx
        timeinfo = wmi_c.Win32_TimeZone()[0]

        # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394072(v=vs.85).aspx
        motherboard = {'product': None,
                       'serial': None}
        try:
            motherboardinfo = wmi_c.Win32_BaseBoard()[0]
            motherboard['product'] = motherboardinfo.Product
            motherboard['serial'] = motherboardinfo.SerialNumber
        except IndexError:
            log.debug('Motherboard info not available on this system')

        os_release = platform.release()
        kernel_version = platform.version()
        info = salt.utils.win_osinfo.get_os_version_info()
        net_info = salt.utils.win_osinfo.get_join_info()

        service_pack = None
        if info['ServicePackMajor'] > 0:
            service_pack = ''.join(['SP', six.text_type(info['ServicePackMajor'])])

        # This creates the osrelease grain based on the Windows Operating
        # System Product Name. As long as Microsoft maintains a similar format
        # this should be future proof
        version = 'Unknown'
        release = ''
        if 'Server' in osinfo.Caption:
            for item in osinfo.Caption.split(' '):
                # If it's all digits, then it's version
                if re.match(r'\d+', item):
                    version = item
                # If it starts with R and then numbers, it's the release
                # ie: R2
                if re.match(r'^R\d+$', item):
                    release = item
            os_release = '{0}Server{1}'.format(version, release)
        else:
            for item in osinfo.Caption.split(' '):
                # If it's a number, decimal number, Thin or Vista, then it's the
                # version
                if re.match(r'^(\d+(\.\d+)?)|Thin|Vista$', item):
                    version = item
            os_release = version

        grains = {
            'kernelrelease': _clean_value('kernelrelease', osinfo.Version),
            'kernelversion': _clean_value('kernelversion', kernel_version),
            'osversion': _clean_value('osversion', osinfo.Version),
            'osrelease': _clean_value('osrelease', os_release),
            'osservicepack': _clean_value('osservicepack', service_pack),
            'osmanufacturer': _clean_value('osmanufacturer', osinfo.Manufacturer),
            'manufacturer': _clean_value('manufacturer', systeminfo.Manufacturer),
            'productname': _clean_value('productname', systeminfo.Model),
            # bios name had a bunch of whitespace appended to it in my testing
            # 'PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0     '
            'biosversion': _clean_value('biosversion', biosinfo.Name.strip()),
            'serialnumber': _clean_value('serialnumber', biosinfo.SerialNumber),
            'osfullname': _clean_value('osfullname', osinfo.Caption),
            'timezone': _clean_value('timezone', timeinfo.Description),
            'windowsdomain': _clean_value('windowsdomain', net_info['Domain']),
            'windowsdomaintype': _clean_value('windowsdomaintype', net_info['DomainType']),
            'motherboard': {
                'productname': _clean_value('motherboard.productname', motherboard['product']),
                'serialnumber': _clean_value('motherboard.serialnumber', motherboard['serial']),
            }
        }

        # test for virtualized environments
        # I only had VMware available so the rest are unvalidated
        if 'VRTUAL' in biosinfo.Version:  # (not a typo)
            grains['virtual'] = 'HyperV'
        elif 'A M I' in biosinfo.Version:
            grains['virtual'] = 'VirtualPC'
        elif 'VMware' in systeminfo.Model:
            grains['virtual'] = 'VMware'
        elif 'VirtualBox' in systeminfo.Model:
            grains['virtual'] = 'VirtualBox'
        elif 'Xen' in biosinfo.Version:
            grains['virtual'] = 'Xen'
            if 'HVM domU' in systeminfo.Model:
                grains['virtual_subtype'] = 'HVM domU'
        elif 'OpenStack' in systeminfo.Model:
            grains['virtual'] = 'OpenStack'

    return grains