As discussed earlier, there is no direct installation method for Ansible on Windows—simply, it is recommended that, where available, you install WSL and install Ansible as if you were running Linux natively, using the processes outlined earlier in this chapter.
Despite this limitation, however, Ansible is not limited to managing just Linux- and BSD-based systems—it is capable of the agentless management of Windows hosts using the native WinRM protocol, with modules and raw commands making use of PowerShell, which is available in every modern Windows installation. In this section, you will learn how to configure Windows to enable task automation with Ansible.
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