For now those are the only ones i know of. when wmf 5 is out, we can use 
dsc from ansible, and i think that will become the staple of how we manage 
windows. if you want to try it, 

https://github.com/trondhindenes/Ansible-win_dsc

On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 2:24:21 PM UTC-7, Joshua Adelman wrote:
>
> I started playing around with Ansible (1.9.2) today for the first time 
> (first time using any software in 
> thttps://github.com/trondhindenes/Ansible-win_dschis category before), with 
> the goal of running a number of deploy steps on a Windows machine. I went 
> through the setup instructions and I believe I have everything configured 
> properly, such that I can run playbooks with tasks based on 
> windows-specific modules (win_ping, win_stat, etc). 
>
> After convincing myself that I could run those basic commands, I wanted to 
> try to clone a git repo to the remote Windows machine using the git module, 
> but kept on getting error messages like:
>
> Module command not found in configured module paths.  Additionally, core 
>> modules are missing.
>
>
> I think this warning is specious, since I can run basically the same git 
> task locally on my mac through ansible using a modified playbook. It then 
> dawned on me that perhaps none of the standard core modules are actually 
> supported on windows. Reading through the windows intro in the docs (
> http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_windows.html) again, I realized 
> that the "What modules are available" section is actually a bit vague. 
>
> I was hoping someone could clarify, whether it's the case that if a module 
> isn't specifically a windows module, then basically it doesn't work on 
> windows targets. In that case, am I correct in my understanding that the 
> only mode of executing custom tasks on windows targets is to do it via 
> powershell scripts (using the "script" module)?
>
> Any insight from more experienced users would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
>
>

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