Cloud & DevOps

Ansible – Windows Systems Automation Training

An intensive workshop for IT teams who want to automate the management of Windows environments using Ansible and the AWX platform.

Duration
6h
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Who it's for

Ideal for teams that…

1 Windows system administrators and engineers who want to implement task automation
2 DevOps and infrastructure specialists working in organizations with large Windows environments
3 Operations and maintenance teams planning to standardize and automate configuration
4 IT security and compliance professionals seeking greater control and auditability
Outcomes after the program

Cloud, automation and CI/CD in practice — hands-on for engineering teams.

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How to create and run Ansible playbooks in Windows environments

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How to use modules, collections, and best practices for managing Windows with Ansible

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Practical skills in AWX, permissions management, and secrets handling

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Automating typical Windows administrative tasks, from configuration to software installation

Program · 12 modules

What we actually do

M01
Introduction
  • · Overview of orchestration systems
  • · What is Ansible?
  • · Basics of YAML and Jinja
M02
Ansible Basics
  • · Lab environment – setup and configuration
  • · What is AWX?
  • · Installation methods for Ansible and AWX
M03
Working with Ansible
  • · Variables
  • · Inventory and smart-inventory
  • · Playbooks
  • · Modules
  • · Roles and collections
  • · Tasks and plugins
  • · Creating playbooks, roles, and collections
  • · Running modules from the command line
  • · Building deployments from scratch
  • · Working with configuration templates
  • · Case study: “zero to hero” – deploying an application with a database and load balancer
M04
Debugging
  • · Debugging Ansible playbooks and Jinja2 templates
  • · Python
  • · PowerShell
  • · Running modules and testing during development
M05
Ansible Galaxy
  • · Overview of the roles and collections repository
  • · Using community-provided solutions for faster deployments
  • · Harnessing the power of the community to accelerate work
M06
Working in Large Organizations with AWX
  • · Permission models in AWX – discussion and examples
  • · Dev
  • · Test
  • · QA
  • · UAT
  • · Prod
  • · Shared vs separate inventories
  • · Where to define variables?
  • · Static
  • · Dynamic
  • · Hybrid
  • · Structuring inventory and subfolders
  • · Examples of dynamic inventory and custom implementations
M07
Developer Execution Environments
  • · Concepts of local Ansible execution environments
  • · Examples of configuring developer working environments
M08
Secrets in AWX
  • · Ansible Vault and automatic secrets loading
  • · External secrets management concepts
M09
Windows Orchestration
  • · WinRM connection
  • · OpenSSH connection
  • · Running Ansible modules in PowerShell locally on Linux
M10
Best Practices for Windows Management
  • · User and group membership management
  • · Service and process management
  • · Software installation
M11
Additional Topics and Best Practices
  • · Lookups
  • · Tagging
  • · Blocks
  • · Task delegation and retries
  • · Execution reports
  • · Safe service restarts
M12
AWX – Advanced Topics
  • · AWX installation and configuration methods
  • · Running with default Ansible execution environment
  • · Using custom virtual and execution environments
Every module is adapted to your stack and context. The above is a starting point — not a fixed agenda.
How we work

From brief to retro in 30 days.

01

Brief & diagnosis

A call with the team lead + a short survey for participants. We define goals, gap and context.

02

Program customization

We adapt modules, case studies and code examples to your stack. Approval in 5 days.

03

Workshop

Trainer-led sessions, hands-on, code review. Mentor available between sessions too.

04

Retro + report

Outcome report for the team and lead. 30 days of consulting included.

Inquiry

Send a brief. We'll reply within 1 day.

After a short brief we'll prepare a program and a quote. No obligations — it's just a starting point.

✓Quote within 48h of the brief
✓First session within 30 days
✓Pilot before the full decision
✓VAT invoice, payment in instalments possible

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