10 ways to automate Microsoft Windows with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Most organizations use varied IT stacks within their business. You may have a Linux® server farm and use a Microsoft Active Directory cluster to provide identity services. Or you may maintain a cross-platform environment that builds software for multiple targets. Manually managing each of the different components can be tedious and error-prone.
Automate your multivendor environments more easily with Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform. Through native Microsoft Windows support, you can now manage your Linux systems like Linux and your Windows systems like Windows, using the same automation tools. This checklist reviews 10 ways you can automate Windows systems using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
- Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
- Powershell
- Application installation and maintenance
- Tasks that require reboots
- Windows Update
- Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Windows Registry
- Windows Service Control Manager (SCM)
- Domains
- Access control lists (ACLs)
