Windows infrastructure automation documentation

Automate the deployment of your Windows servers, install Windows software across multiple machines, build and deploy IIS, manage software patches, run PowerShell scripts, and even deploy Windows Azure machines.

Whether you’re using vRealize to manage your hybrid cloud or SCCM to deploy changes, Puppet integrates with your existing toolchain. Find information on installing and configuring Bolt and Puppet Enterprise (PE), so you can begin bringing machines into a desired state and keeping them there through automation.

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Get up and running automating ad-hoc tasks with Bolt.

Install Bolt on Windows See how people are using Bolt to manage their Windows servers

Learn how to use PE to configure and manage essential parts of your infrastructure.

Managing Windows configurations Using the Windows module pack

Get started with Puppet Enterprise (PE) on Windows.

Install PE using express install Try out an extended example using PE to manage an IIS configuration on a Windows target

Perform common tasks, such as managing PowerShell DSC resources, with our repository of Windows modules on the Forge.

Supported Windows modules on the Forge

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Automate patch management on Windows and Linux with real-time reporting

How To Guide

Write your own Puppet code with the VScode extension

VScode Extension

Windows Blogs

Blog Post

Puppet Enterprise

Puppet Enterprise (PE) offers remote agentless capabilities and robust agent-based solutions to help you automate anything, anywhere.

Puppet Enterprise docs

Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise

View the impact of any proposed Puppet code update before it happens, and automatically build, test, and promote infrastructure changes.

CD4PE docs

Bolt

Learn to use Bolt to execute commands on remote systems, distribute and execute scripts, and run Puppet tasks or task plans on remote systems that don’t have Puppet installed.

Bolt docs