The document discusses how infrastructure as code approaches like PowerShell and Puppet have improved Windows server management since 2012. It notes that PowerShell allows for automating Windows server configuration through code and that Puppet complements PowerShell by providing a domain-specific language (DSL) format for infrastructure configuration. The document concludes that with tools like PowerShell and Puppet, managing Windows servers is no longer as challenging as it once was when relying solely on manual processes.

1. Windows: Having It’s Ass
Kicked by Puppet and
PowerShell since 2012
Paul Stack
http://www.paulstack.co.uk
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2. About Me
Develop software for OpenTable / toptable
Member of the Jetbrains Development Academy
DevOps Extremist
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3. Agenda
Classic infrastructure management
Snowflake / Phoenix Servers
Infrastructure as Code
PowerShell as a way to manage Windows
PowerShell + Puppet = Kicking Windows’ Ass
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4. Classic Infrastructure
Management
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5. “The Run book”
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6. People are generally rubbish
at performing manual
repetitive tasks
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7. SnowFlake Server
Image courtesy of Liz West and under Creative Commons License
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8. Machines are much more
reliable at performing
repetitive tasks
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9. Image courtesy of FoodBev Photos and under Creative Commons License
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10. Can’t we automate our
manual run books?
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11. Infrastructure As Code
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12. Phoenix Servers
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16. Code Is Better
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17. What can we do on
Windows?
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19. Managing Windows Server
2008 with PowerShell
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20. Puppet
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21. Puppet + PowerShell
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22. Puppet Forge
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23. Puppet integration with
Windows will get better and
better
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24. Summary
Code is much better for managing servers than people
PowerShell is a great way of managing Windows
Server configuration
Puppet compliments what PowerShell does perfectly in
a DSL format
Windows Server management is no longer as
challenging as it once was
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25. Further Information
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/
http://forge.puppetlabs.com/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/
http://github.com/opentable/puppet-iis
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