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Understanding requirements for managing Windows

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Understanding requirements for managing Windows

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Alright, in this first video in the lesson about managing Windows, I want to do a quick reminder of what we've done so far to make Windows manageable. Do remember in lesson two you found all the information about making Windows manageable, so do consult that lesson as well. So currently, all recent Windows versions are supported by Ansible. Windows is supported by Ansible since quite some time, so you shouldn't have any issues if you work with a recent enough Windows version, the last 15 years or so are covered. The default management mechanism to work with Windows is a remote management. There is a secure shell stack for Windows, but that doesn't work well with Ansible. And also you need to make sure that authentication is set up properly. has different options for authentication and as long as you are using a modern enough authentication type you should be good. In lesson one you will learn more about setting up a Windows server actually in lesson 1.7 that is. I just want to give…

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