### How I Completely Automated Managing Windows Desktop Software...Forever

How I completely automated Managing Windows Desktop Software...Forever - Chocolatey Fest 2018 - YouTube

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[How I completely automated Managing Windows Desktop Software...Forever - Chocolatey Fest 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-1jx5hXtyg) [Chocolatey Software](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQmrYSJutTqenTDct39CcjQ)

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It is story time! I will tell a story about how I found Chocolatey and built the processes using just PowerShell to automate 95% of our software deployment and upgrades. I will talk about how we internalize, schedule and upgrade all of our software with very little human interaction necessary.

Resources:

- [https://chocolateyfest.com](https://chocolateyfest.com/)
- [https://sched.co/Fs7X](https://sched.co/Fs7X)

Dan Franciscus
Systems Engineer - Systems Engineer, Institute for Advanced Study
Dan Franciscus is a systems engineer specializing in PowerShell, Active Directory, VMware, Chocolatey and Puppet. Dan is also a freelance tech writer who has been published on Tom's IT Pro, Ipswitch, 4sysops, and Techtarget. You can reach Dan at his blog or his Twitter at @dan_franciscus.