This is a hands-on tutorial that will cover the basics you need to know about how to use Chef to manage Windows systems. We’ll get you started automating your Windows infrastructure, and then take a look at some of the next steps you’ll take on your journey.
Hands-on exercises throughout the tutorial will reinforce the material discussed. The agenda will cover:
Overview of Chef
Set-up a local workstation with Chef and connect to a Chef server
Create a new cookbook to manage a basic website with IIS
Refactor the cookbook to explore additional features of Chef
Tying it all together - wrap–up of the work performed
Further resources and references
