Windows modules

• win_acl – Set file/directory/registry permissions for a system user or group
• win_acl_inheritance – Change ACL inheritance
• win_audit_policy_system – Used to make changes to the system wide Audit Policy
• win_audit_rule – Adds an audit rule to files, folders, or registry keys
• win_certificate_store – Manages the certificate store
• win_chocolatey – Manage packages using chocolatey
• win_chocolatey_config – Manages Chocolatey config settings
• win_chocolatey_facts – Create a facts collection for Chocolatey
• win_chocolatey_feature – Manages Chocolatey features
• win_chocolatey_source – Manages Chocolatey sources
• win_command – Executes a command on a remote Windows node
• win_copy – Copies files to remote locations on windows hosts
• win_credential – Manages Windows Credentials in the Credential Manager
• win_defrag – Consolidate fragmented files on local volumes
• win_disk_facts – Show the attached disks and disk information of the target host
• win_disk_image – Manage ISO/VHD/VHDX mounts on Windows hosts
• win_dns_client – Configures DNS lookup on Windows hosts
• win_dns_record – Manage Windows Server DNS records
• win_domain – Ensures the existence of a Windows domain
• win_domain_computer – Manage computers in Active Directory
• win_domain_controller – Manage domain controller/member server state for a Windows host
• win_domain_group – Creates, modifies or removes domain groups
• win_domain_group_membership – Manage Windows domain group membership
• win_domain_membership – Manage domain/workgroup membership for a Windows host
• win_domain_user – Manages Windows Active Directory user accounts
• win_dotnet_ngen – Runs ngen to recompile DLLs after .NET updates
• win_dsc – Invokes a PowerShell DSC configuration
• win_environment – Modify environment variables on windows hosts
• win_eventlog – Manage Windows event logs
• win_eventlog_entry – Write entries to Windows event logs
• win_feature – Installs and uninstalls Windows Features on Windows Server
• win_file – Creates, touches or removes files or directories
• win_file_version – Get DLL or EXE file build version
• win_find – Return a list of files based on specific criteria
• win_firewall – Enable or disable the Windows Firewall
• win_firewall_rule – Windows firewall automation
• win_format – Formats an existing volume or a new volume on an existing partition on Windows
• win_get_url – Downloads file from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node
• win_group – Add and remove local groups
• win_group_membership – Manage Windows local group membership
• win_hostname – Manages local Windows computer name
• win_hosts – Manages hosts file entries on Windows
• win_hotfix – Install and uninstalls Windows hotfixes
• win_http_proxy – Manages proxy settings for WinHTTP
• win_iis_virtualdirectory – Configures a virtual directory in IIS
• win_iis_webapplication – Configures IIS web applications
• win_iis_webapppool – Configure IIS Web Application Pools
• win_iis_webbinding – Configures a IIS Web site binding
• win_iis_website – Configures a IIS Web site
• win_inet_proxy – Manages proxy settings for WinINet and Internet Explorer
• win_lineinfile – Ensure a particular line is in a file, or replace an existing line using a back-referenced regular expression
• win_mapped_drive – Map network drives for users
• win_msg – Sends a message to logged in users on Windows hosts
• win_netbios – Manage NetBIOS over TCP/IP settings on Windows
• win_nssm – Install a service using NSSM
• win_optional_feature – Manage optional Windows features
• win_owner – Set owner
• win_package – Installs/uninstalls an installable package
• win_pagefile – Query or change pagefile configuration
• win_partition – Creates, changes and removes partitions on Windows Server
• win_path – Manage Windows path environment variables
• win_pester – Run Pester tests on Windows hosts
• win_ping – A windows version of the classic ping module
• win_power_plan – Changes the power plan of a Windows system
• win_product_facts – Provides Windows product and license information
• win_psexec – Runs commands (remotely) as another (privileged) user
• win_psmodule – Adds or removes a Windows PowerShell module
• win_psrepository – Adds, removes or updates a Windows PowerShell repository
• win_rabbitmq_plugin – Manage RabbitMQ plugins
• win_rds_cap – Manage Connection Authorization Policies (CAP) on a Remote Desktop Gateway server
• win_rds_rap – Manage Resource Authorization Policies (RAP) on a Remote Desktop Gateway server
• win_rds_settings – Manage main settings of a Remote Desktop Gateway server
• win_reboot – Reboot a windows machine
• win_reg_stat – Get information about Windows registry keys
• win_regedit – Add, change, or remove registry keys and values
• win_region – Set the region and format settings
• win_regmerge – Merges the contents of a registry file into the Windows registry
• win_robocopy – Synchronizes the contents of two directories using Robocopy
• win_route – Add or remove a static route
• win_say – Text to speech module for Windows to speak messages and optionally play sounds
• win_scheduled_task – Manage scheduled tasks
• win_scheduled_task_stat – Get information about Windows Scheduled Tasks
• win_security_policy – Change local security policy settings
• win_service – Manage and query Windows services
• win_share – Manage Windows shares
• win_shell – Execute shell commands on target hosts
• win_shortcut – Manage shortcuts on Windows
• win_snmp – Configures the Windows SNMP service
• win_stat – Get information about Windows files
• win_tempfile – Creates temporary files and directories
• win_template – Template a file out to a remote server
• win_timezone – Sets Windows machine timezone
• win_toast – Sends Toast windows notification to logged in users on Windows 10 or later hosts
• win_unzip – Unzips compressed files and archives on the Windows node
• win_updates – Download and install Windows updates
• win_uri – Interacts with webservices
• win_user – Manages local Windows user accounts
• win_user_profile – Manages the Windows user profiles
• win_user_right – Manage Windows User Rights
• win_wait_for – Waits for a condition before continuing
• win_wait_for_process – Waits for a process to exist or not exist before continuing
• win_wakeonlan – Send a magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packet
• win_webpicmd – Installs packages using Web Platform Installer command-line
• win_whoami – Get information about the current user and process
• win_xml – Manages XML file content on Windows hosts

Note

• (D): This marks a module as deprecated, which means a module is kept for backwards compatibility but usage is discouraged. The module documentation details page may explain more about this rationale.