1. xPlatform ManagementxPlatform Management Windows Provisioning from *nix David O’Brien @david_obrien http://www.david-obrien.net me@david-obrien.net James Bannan @jamesbannan http://www.jamesbannanit.com

2. #MMSMOA @david_obrien Microsoft MVP for Windows PowerShell MMS 2014 TechEd AU 2014 Melbourne UG Automation xPlatform DevOps Melbourne, Australia David O’Brien

3. #MMSMOA @jamesbannan Solution Architect, Ensyst TechEd, Blog, Book, Courses Pre-Windows 2000 ;-) Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP Melbourne, Australia James Bannan

4. Agenda  Why is xPlatform important?  Who does it?  Ansible  How to execute PowerShell from Linux  How to use PowerShell in Ansible  How to write Ansible modules

5. Why is xPlatform important?  Why is it hard?  Linux != Windows and Windows != Linux  Why is it important?  Environments today are very heterogeneous  Applications have frontends on Windows and backends on Linux  One tool to rule them all

6. Ansible  Configuration Management Tool  Python  Management Host – Linux  Target Hosts – Linux and Windows  Agentless  Pull mode still possible  YAML

7. DemoDemo (yay!)

8. Evaluations: Please provide session feedback by clicking the EVAL button in the scheduler app (also download slides). One lucky winner will receive a free ticket to the next MMS! Session Title: xPlatform – Windows Management from *nix Discuss… Ask your questions-real world answers! Plenty of time to engage, share knowledge. SPONSORS