# Ansible with Windows

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-windows/26154>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [November 28, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-windows/26154 "2017-11-28T17:07:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Alicia\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alicia\_Nguyen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alicia_Nguyen)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-windows/26154/1 "2017-11-28T17:07:07Z")

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Hi,

I had ansible controlling a few Windows machines but I’ve had to disable Basic Authentication for WinRM due to security concerns. Is it possible to use control Windows machines via ansible without basic WinRM authentication?

Thanks,  
Alicia Nguyen

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**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-windows/26154/2 "2017-12-08T12:02:05Z")

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Yes, this is possible, there is lots of information on authentication options in the documentation here:  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/windows.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/windows.html)

Hope this helps,

Jon