# Ansible Tower Windows SSH Support

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-windows-ssh-support/28495>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [September 4, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-windows-ssh-support/28495 "2018-09-04T18:32:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RajaGopalan\_Shanmuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@RajaGopalan\_Shanmuga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RajaGopalan_Shanmuga)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-windows-ssh-support/28495/1 "2018-09-04T18:32:05Z")

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When would we have SSH Support for Windows instead WinRM , WinRM is not allowed in our enterprise.

Thanks  
Raja  
UPMC

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Gaffney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Andrew\_Gaffney](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Gaffney)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-windows-ssh-support/28495/2 "2018-09-04T18:59:54Z")

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The opensource Ansible code would need to have support for this first (as AWX/Tower use Ansible to do the heavy lifting), but I’m not aware of any work being done on this yet.

The Windows FAQ section of the docs has a small blurb on this:

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/windows\_faq.html#can-i-connect-over-ssh](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/windows_faq.html#can-i-connect-over-ssh)

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**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-windows-ssh-support/28495/3 "2018-09-05T01:24:31Z")

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We’ve looked into it and it needs a few changes in Ansible for it to be properly implemented. In saying that, the Win32-OpenSSH fork from MS still has some warts and is still a beta product and contains a few bugs and quirks that makes it less appealing. Honestly you should be pushing back on your organisation and asking why WinRM is not allowed and trying to get WinRM approved.

Thanks

Jordan