Chef, Microsoft, and CommunitySteven Murawski

Chef, Microsoft, and the Community• The Evolution of Automation on Windows Server• Microsoft and Open Source• Chef and Azure• Chef and Windows

The Evolution of Automation on Windows Server• Before 2006, things were bad. Cmd.exe and VBScript were the

defaults in automation.• 2006 - Windows PowerShell V1 shipped• 2009 – Windows PowerShell V2 shipped• 2012 – Windows PowerShell V3 shipped• 2013 – Windows PowerShell V4 shipped• 2015 – Windows PowerShell V5 production preview

Microsoft and Open Source

A couple of handy links

• https://microsoft.github.io

• https://github.com/powershell

Chef and Azure

Chef and Azure• Chef Azure VM Agent Extension• Chef Provisioning• Test-Kitchen• Knife Azure

Chef and Windows

Chef on Windows as a Managed Node• Traditional command line apps• PowerShell• Desired State Configuration

• Challenges: Remote Management Security Contexts Performance

Chef on Windows as a Workstation• ChefDK

Chocolatey Packages chef shell-init powershell PowerShell wrappers for chef, chef-client, and knife

• Test-Kitchen kitchen-dsc kitchen-pester kitchen-hyperv