diff --git a/windows/win_command.ps1 b/windows/win_command.ps1
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+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# WANT_JSON
+# POWERSHELL_COMMON
+
+# TODO: add check mode support
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version 2
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+$parsed_args = Parse-Args $args $false
+
+$raw_command_line = $(Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "_raw_params" -failifempty $true).Trim()
+$chdir = Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "chdir"
+$creates = Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "creates"
+$removes = Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "removes"
+
+$result = @{changed=$true; warnings=@(); cmd=$raw_command_line}
+
+If($creates -and $(Test-Path $creates)) {
+    Exit-Json @{cmd=$raw_command_line; msg="skipped, since $creates exists"; changed=$false; skipped=$true; rc=0}
+}
+
+If($removes -and -not $(Test-Path $removes)) {
+    Exit-Json @{cmd=$raw_command_line; msg="skipped, since $removes does not exist"; changed=$false; skipped=$true; rc=0}
+}
+
+$util_def = @'
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Ansible.Command
+{
+    public static class NativeUtil
+    {
+        [DllImport("shell32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        static extern IntPtr CommandLineToArgvW([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpCmdLine, out int pNumArgs);
+
+        public static string[] ParseCommandLine(string cmdline)
+        {
+            int numArgs;
+            IntPtr ret = CommandLineToArgvW(cmdline, out numArgs);
+
+            if (ret == IntPtr.Zero)
+                throw new Exception(String.Format("Error parsing command line: {0}", new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()).Message));
+
+            IntPtr[] strptrs = new IntPtr[numArgs];
+            Marshal.Copy(ret, strptrs, 0, numArgs);
+            string[] cmdlineParts = strptrs.Select(s=>Marshal.PtrToStringUni(s)).ToArray();
+
+            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ret);
+
+            return cmdlineParts;
+        }
+    }
+}
+'@
+
+$util_type = Add-Type -TypeDefinition $util_def
+
+# FUTURE: extract this code to separate module_utils as Windows module API version of run_command
+
+$exec_args = $null
+
+# Parse the command-line with the Win32 parser to get the application name to run. The Win32 parser
+# will deal with quoting/escaping for us...
+# FUTURE: no longer necessary once we switch to raw Win32 CreateProcess
+$parsed_command_line = [Ansible.Command.NativeUtil]::ParseCommandLine($raw_command_line);
+$exec_application = $parsed_command_line[0]
+If($parsed_command_line.Length -gt 1) {
+    # lop the application off, then rejoin the args as a single string
+    $exec_args = $parsed_command_line[1..$($parsed_command_line.Length-1)] -join " "
+}
+
+$proc = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
+$psi = $proc.StartInfo
+$psi.FileName = $exec_application
+$psi.Arguments = $exec_args
+$psi.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
+$psi.RedirectStandardError = $true
+$psi.UseShellExecute = $false
+
+If ($chdir) {
+    $psi.WorkingDirectory = $chdir
+}
+
+$start_datetime = [DateTime]::UtcNow
+
+Try {
+    $proc.Start() | Out-Null # will always return $true for non shell-exec cases
+}
+Catch [System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception] {
+    # fail nicely for "normal" error conditions
+    # FUTURE: this probably won't work on Nano Server
+    $excep = $_
+    Exit-Json @{failed=$true;changed=$false;cmd=$raw_command_line;rc=$excep.Exception.NativeErrorCode;msg=$excep.Exception.Message}
+}
+
+# TODO: resolve potential deadlock here if stderr fills buffer (~4k) before stdout is closed,
+# perhaps some async stream pumping with Process Output/ErrorDataReceived events...
+
+$result.stdout = $proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
+$result.stderr = $proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
+
+$proc.WaitForExit() | Out-Null
+
+$result.rc = $proc.ExitCode
+
+$end_datetime = [DateTime]::UtcNow
+
+$result.start = $start_datetime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff")
+$result.end = $end_datetime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff")
+$result.delta = $($end_datetime - $start_datetime).ToString("h\:mm\:ss\.ffffff")
+
+ConvertTo-Json -Depth 99 $result
diff --git a/windows/win_command.py b/windows/win_command.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d76a0b8534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/win_command.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2016, Ansible, inc
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: win_command
+short_description: Executes a command on a remote Windows node
+version_added: 2.2
+description:
+     - The M(win_command) module takes the command name followed by a list of space-delimited arguments.
+     - The given command will be executed on all selected nodes. It will not be
+       processed through the shell, so variables like C($env:HOME) and operations
+       like C("<"), C(">"), C("|"), and C(";") will not work (use the M(win_shell)
+       module if you need these features).
+options:
+  free_form:
+    description:
+      - the win_command module takes a free form command to run.  There is no parameter actually named 'free form'.
+        See the examples!
+    required: true
+  creates:
+    description:
+      - a path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path exists on the target host, the task will be skipped.
+  removes:
+    description:
+      - a path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path B(does not) exist on the target host, the task will be skipped.
+  chdir:
+    description:
+      - set the specified path as the current working directory before executing a command
+notes:
+    -  If you want to run a command through a shell (say you are using C(<),
+       C(>), C(|), etc), you actually want the M(win_shell) module instead. The
+       M(win_command) module is much more secure as it's not affected by the user's
+       environment.
+    -  " C(creates), C(removes), and C(chdir) can be specified after the command. For instance, if you only want to run a command if a certain file does not exist, use this."
+author: 
+    - Matt Davis
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Example from Ansible Playbooks.
+- win_command: whoami
+  register: whoami_out
+
+# Run the command only if the specified file does not exist.
+- win_command: wbadmin -backupTarget:c:\\backup\\ creates=c:\\backup\\
+
+# You can also use the 'args' form to provide the options. This command
+# will change the working directory to c:\\somedir\\ and will only run when
+# c:\\backup\\ doesn't exist.
+- win_command: wbadmin -backupTarget:c:\\backup\\ creates=c:\\backup\\
+  args:
+    chdir: c:\\somedir\\
+    creates: c:\\backup\\
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+msg:
+    description: changed
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: True
+start:
+    description: The command execution start time
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.429568'
+end:
+    description: The command execution end time
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.755339'
+delta:
+    description: The command execution delta time
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: '0:00:00.325771'
+stdout:
+    description: The command standard output
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@master ...'
+stderr:
+    description: The command standard error
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory'
+cmd:
+    description: The command executed by the task
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'rabbitmqctl join_cluster rabbit@master'
+rc:
+    description: The command return code (0 means success)
+    returned: always
+    type: int
+    sample: 0
+stdout_lines:
+    description: The command standard output split in lines
+    returned: always
+    type: list of strings
+    sample: [u'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@master ...']
+'''
diff --git a/windows/win_shell.ps1 b/windows/win_shell.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..750ca121ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/win_shell.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# WANT_JSON
+# POWERSHELL_COMMON
+
+# TODO: add check mode support
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version 2
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+$parsed_args = Parse-Args $args $false
+
+$raw_command_line = $(Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "_raw_params" -failifempty $true).Trim()
+$chdir = Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "chdir"
+$executable = Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "executable"
+$creates = Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "creates"
+$removes = Get-AnsibleParam $parsed_args "removes"
+
+$result = @{changed=$true; warnings=@(); cmd=$raw_command_line}
+
+If($creates -and $(Test-Path $creates)) {
+    Exit-Json @{cmd=$raw_command_line; msg="skipped, since $creates exists"; changed=$false; skipped=$true; rc=0}
+}
+
+If($removes -and -not $(Test-Path $removes)) {
+    Exit-Json @{cmd=$raw_command_line; msg="skipped, since $removes does not exist"; changed=$false; skipped=$true; rc=0}
+}
+
+$exec_args = $null
+
+If(-not $executable -or $executable -eq "powershell") {
+    $exec_application = "powershell"
+
+    # Base64 encode the command so we don't have to worry about the various levels of escaping
+    $encoded_command = [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($raw_command_line))
+
+    $exec_args = @("-noninteractive", "-encodedcommand", $encoded_command)
+}
+Else {
+    # FUTURE: support arg translation from executable (or executable_args?) to process arguments for arbitrary interpreter?
+    $exec_application = $executable
+    $exec_args = @("/c", $raw_command_line)
+}
+
+$proc = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
+$psi = $proc.StartInfo
+$psi.FileName = $exec_application
+$psi.Arguments = $exec_args
+$psi.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
+$psi.RedirectStandardError = $true
+$psi.UseShellExecute = $false
+
+If ($chdir) {
+    $psi.WorkingDirectory = $chdir
+}
+
+$start_datetime = [DateTime]::UtcNow
+
+Try {
+    $proc.Start() | Out-Null # will always return $true for non shell-exec cases
+}
+Catch [System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception] {
+    # fail nicely for "normal" error conditions
+    # FUTURE: this probably won't work on Nano Server
+    $excep = $_
+    Exit-Json @{failed=$true;changed=$false;cmd=$raw_command_line;rc=$excep.Exception.NativeErrorCode;msg=$excep.Exception.Message}
+}
+
+# TODO: resolve potential deadlock here if stderr fills buffer (~4k) before stdout is closed,
+# perhaps some async stream pumping with Process Output/ErrorDataReceived events...
+
+$result.stdout = $proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
+$result.stderr = $proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
+
+# TODO: decode CLIXML stderr output (and other streams?)
+
+$proc.WaitForExit() | Out-Null
+
+$result.rc = $proc.ExitCode
+
+$end_datetime = [DateTime]::UtcNow
+
+$result.start = $start_datetime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff")
+$result.end = $end_datetime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff")
+$result.delta = $($end_datetime - $start_datetime).ToString("h\:mm\:ss\.ffffff")
+
+ConvertTo-Json -Depth 99 $result
diff --git a/windows/win_shell.py b/windows/win_shell.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c4dc68df63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/win_shell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2016, Ansible, inc
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: win_shell
+short_description: Execute shell commands on target hosts.
+version_added: 2.2
+description:
+     - The M(win_shell) module takes the command name followed by a list of space-delimited arguments.
+       It is similar to the M(win_command) module, but runs
+       the command via a shell (defaults to PowerShell) on the target host.
+options:
+  free_form:
+    description:
+      - the win_shell module takes a free form command to run.  There is no parameter actually named 'free form'.
+        See the examples!
+    required: true
+  creates:
+    description:
+      - a path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path exists on the target host, the task will be skipped.
+  removes:
+    description:
+      - a path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path B(does not) exist on the target host, the task will be skipped.
+  chdir:
+    description:
+      - set the specified path as the current working directory before executing a command
+  executable:
+    description:
+      - change the shell used to execute the command (eg, C(cmd)). The target shell must accept a C(/c) parameter followed by the raw command line to be executed.
+notes:
+   -  If you want to run an executable securely and predictably, it may be
+      better to use the M(win_command) module instead. Best practices when writing
+      playbooks will follow the trend of using M(win_command) unless M(win_shell) is
+      explicitly required. When running ad-hoc commands, use your best judgement.
+   -  WinRM will not return from a command execution until all child processes created have exited. Thus, it is not possible to use win_shell to spawn long-running child or background processes.
+      Consider creating a Windows service for managing background processes.
+author: 
+    - Matt Davis
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Execute a command in the remote shell; stdout goes to the specified
+# file on the remote.
+- win_shell: C:\\somescript.ps1 >> c:\\somelog.txt
+
+# Change the working directory to somedir/ before executing the command.
+- win_shell: C:\\somescript.ps1 >> c:\\somelog.txt chdir=c:\\somedir
+
+# You can also use the 'args' form to provide the options. This command
+# will change the working directory to somedir/ and will only run when
+# somedir/somelog.txt doesn't exist.
+- win_shell: C:\\somescript.ps1 >> c:\\somelog.txt
+  args:
+    chdir: c:\\somedir
+    creates: c:\\somelog.txt
+
+# Run a command under a non-Powershell interpreter (cmd in this case)
+- win_shell: echo %HOMEDIR%
+  args:
+    executable: cmd
+  register: homedir_out
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+msg:
+    description: changed
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: True
+start:
+    description: The command execution start time
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.429568'
+end:
+    description: The command execution end time
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.755339'
+delta:
+    description: The command execution delta time
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: '0:00:00.325771'
+stdout:
+    description: The command standard output
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@master ...'
+stderr:
+    description: The command standard error
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory'
+cmd:
+    description: The command executed by the task
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'rabbitmqctl join_cluster rabbit@master'
+rc:
+    description: The command return code (0 means success)
+    returned: always
+    type: int
+    sample: 0
+stdout_lines:
+    description: The command standard output split in lines
+    returned: always
+    type: list of strings
+    sample: [u'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@master ...']
+'''