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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_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 – Add XML fragment to an XML parent
 
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.
 
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