diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcc56d1ca78..56f243b2f96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
   * win_path
   * win_psexec
   * win_reg_stat
+  * win_region
   * win_say
   * win_shortcut
   * win_tempfile
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_region.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_region.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2c3ab55b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_region.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+#!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
+
+$params = Parse-Args -arguments $args -supports_check_mode $true
+$check_mode = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params "_ansible_check_mode" -type "bool" -default $false
+
+$location = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'location' -failifempty $false -default $null
+$format = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'format' -failifempty $false -default $null
+$unicode_language = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'unicode_language' -failifempty $false -default $null
+$copy_settings = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'copy_settings' -type "bool" -failifempty $false -default $false
+
+$result = @{
+    changed = $false
+    warnings = @()
+    restart_required = $false
+}
+
+# This is used to get the format values based on the LCType enum based through. When running Vista/7/2008/200R2
+$lctype_util = @"
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace Ansible {
+    public class LocaleHelper {
+        private String Locale;
+
+        public LocaleHelper(String locale) {
+            Locale = locale;
+        }
+
+        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+        public static extern int GetLocaleInfoEx(String lpLocaleName, UInt32 LCType, StringBuilder lpLCData, int cchData);
+
+        public String GetValueFromType(UInt32 LCType) {
+            StringBuilder data = new StringBuilder(500);
+            int result = GetLocaleInfoEx(Locale, LCType, data, 500);
+            if (result == 0)
+                throw new Exception(String.Format("Error getting locale info with legacy method: {0}", new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()).Message));
+
+            return data.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}
+"@
+
+Function Get-ValidGeoIds($cultures) {
+   $geo_ids = @()
+   foreach($culture in $cultures) {
+       try {
+           $geo_id = [System.Globalization.RegionInfo]$culture.Name
+           $geo_ids += $geo_id.GeoId
+       } catch {}
+   }
+   $geo_ids
+}
+
+Function Test-RegistryProperty($reg_key, $property) {
+    $type = Get-ItemProperty $reg_key -Name $property -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    if ($type -eq $null) {
+        $false
+    } else {
+        $true
+    }
+}
+
+Function Copy-RegistryKey($source, $target) {
+    # Using Copy-Item -Recurse is giving me weird results, doing it recursively
+    if ($check_mode) {
+        Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $target -WhatIf
+    } else {
+        Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $target
+    }
+
+    foreach($key in Get-ChildItem $source) {
+        $sourceKey = "$source\$($key.PSChildName)"
+        $targetKey = (Get-Item $source).PSChildName
+        Copy-RegistryKey -source "$sourceKey" -target "$target\$targetKey"
+    }
+}
+
+# With the legacy options (needed for OS < Windows 8 and Server 2012) we need to check multiple reg
+# keys and modify them if they need changing. This is because Microsoft only made changing these
+# values with the newer versions of Windows and didn't backport these features to the older ones,
+# thanks a bunch there Microsoft :(
+Function Set-CultureLegacy($culture) {
+    # For when Set-Culture is not available (Pre Windows 8 and Server 2012)
+    $reg_key = 'HKCU:\Control Panel\International'
+    Add-Type -TypeDefinition $lctype_util
+
+    $lookup = New-Object Ansible.LocaleHelper($culture)
+    # hex values are from http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/GetLocaleInfoEx.html
+    $wanted_values = New-Object PSObject @{
+        Locale = '{0:x8}' -f ([System.Globalization.CultureInfo]$culture).LCID
+        LocaleName = $culture
+        s1159 = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000028)
+        s2359 = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000029)
+        sCountry = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000006)
+        sCurrency = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000014)
+        sDate = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000001D)
+        sDecimal = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000000E)
+        sGrouping = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000010)
+        sLanguage = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000003) # LOCALE_ABBREVLANGNAME
+        sList = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000000C)
+        sLongDate = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000020)
+        sMonDecimalSep = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000016)
+        sMonGrouping = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000018)
+        sMonThousandSep = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000017)
+        sNativeDigits = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000013)
+        sNegativeSign = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000051)
+        sPositiveSign = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000050)
+        sShortDate = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000001F)
+        sThousand = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000000F)
+        sTime = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000001E)
+        sTimeFormat = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00001003)
+        sYearMonth = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00001006)
+        iCalendarType = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00001009)
+        iCountry = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000005)
+        iCurrDigits = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000019)
+        iCurrency = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000001B)
+        iDate = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000021)
+        iDigits = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000011)
+        NumShape = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00001014) # LOCALE_IDIGITSUBSTITUTION
+        iFirstDayOfWeek = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000100C)
+        iFirstWeekOfYear = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000100D)
+        iLZero = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000012)
+        iMeasure = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000000D)
+        iNegCurr = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000001C)
+        iNegNumber = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00001010)
+        iPaperSize = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x0000100A)
+        iTime = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000023)
+        iTimePrefix = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00001005)
+        iTLZero = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000025)
+    }
+
+    if (Test-RegistryProperty -reg_key $reg_key -property 'sShortTime') {
+        # sShortTime was added after Vista, will check anyway and add in the value if it exists
+        $wanted_values.sShortTime = $lookup.GetValueFromType(0x00000079)
+    }
+
+    $properties = Get-ItemProperty $reg_key
+    foreach($property in $properties.PSObject.Properties) {
+        if (Test-RegistryProperty -reg_key $reg_key -property $property.Name) {
+            $name = $property.Name
+            $old_value = $property.Value
+            $new_value = $wanted_values.$name
+
+            if ($new_value -ne $old_value) {
+                if ($check_mode) {
+                    Set-ItemProperty -Path $reg_key -Name $name -Value $new_value -WhatIf
+                } else {
+                    Set-ItemProperty -Path $reg_key -Name $name -Value $new_value
+                }
+                $result.changed = $true
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Function Set-SystemLocaleLegacy($unicode_language) {
+    # For when Get/Set-WinSystemLocale is not available (Pre Windows 8 and Server 2012)
+    $current_language_value = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language').Default
+    $wanted_language_value = '{0:x4}' -f ([System.Globalization.CultureInfo]$unicode_language).LCID
+    if ($current_language_value -ne $wanted_language_value) {
+        if ($check_mode) {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language' -Name 'Default' -Value $wanted_language_value -WhatIf
+        } else {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language' -Name 'Default' -Value $wanted_language_value
+        }
+        $result.changed = $true
+        $result.restart_required = $true
+    }
+
+    # This reads from the non registry (Default) key, the extra prop called (Default) see below for more details
+    $current_locale_value = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Locale')."(Default)"
+    $wanted_locale_value = '{0:x8}' -f ([System.Globalization.CultureInfo]$unicode_language).LCID
+    if ($current_locale_value -ne $wanted_locale_value) {
+        # Need to use .net to write property value, Locale has 2 (Default) properties
+        # 1: The actual (Default) property, we don't want to change Set-ItemProperty writes to this value when using (Default)
+        # 2: A property called (Default), this is what we want to change and only .net SetValue can do this one
+        if (-not $check_mode) {
+            $hive = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey("LocalMachine", $env:COMPUTERNAME)
+            $key = $hive.OpenSubKey("SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Locale", $true)
+            $key.SetValue("(Default)", $wanted_locale_value, [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind]::String)
+        }
+        $result.changed = $true
+        $result.restart_required = $true
+    }
+
+    $codepage_path = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage'
+    $current_codepage_info = Get-ItemProperty $codepage_path
+    $wanted_codepage_info = ([System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultureInfo($unicode_language)).TextInfo
+
+    $current_a_cp = $current_codepage_info.ACP
+    $current_oem_cp = $current_codepage_info.OEMCP
+    $current_mac_cp = $current_codepage_info.MACCP
+    $wanted_a_cp = $wanted_codepage_info.ANSICodePage
+    $wanted_oem_cp = $wanted_codepage_info.OEMCodePage
+    $wanted_mac_cp = $wanted_codepage_info.MacCodePage
+
+    if ($current_a_cp -ne $wanted_a_cp) {
+        if ($check_mode) {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path $codepage_path -Name 'ACP' -Value $wanted_a_cp -WhatIf
+        } else {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path $codepage_path -Name 'ACP' -Value $wanted_a_cp
+        }
+        $result.changed = $true
+        $result.restart_required = $true
+    }
+    if ($current_oem_cp -ne $wanted_oem_cp) {
+        if ($check_mode) {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path $codepage_path -Name 'OEMCP' -Value $wanted_oem_cp -WhatIf
+        } else {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path $codepage_path -Name 'OEMCP' -Value $wanted_oem_cp
+        }
+        $result.changed = $true
+        $result.restart_required = $true
+    }
+    if ($current_mac_cp -ne $wanted_mac_cp) {
+        if ($check_mode) {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path $codepage_path -Name 'MACCP' -Value $wanted_mac_cp -WhatIf
+        } else {
+            Set-ItemProperty -Path $codepage_path -Name 'MACCP' -Value $wanted_mac_cp
+        }
+        $result.changed = $true
+        $result.restart_required = $true
+    }
+}
+
+if ($format -eq $null -and $location -eq $null -and $unicode_language -eq $null) {
+    Fail-Json $result "An argument for 'format', 'location' or 'unicode_language' needs to be supplied"
+} else {
+    $valid_cultures = [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures('InstalledWin32Cultures')
+    $valid_geoids = Get-ValidGeoIds -cultures $valid_cultures
+
+    if ($location -ne $null) {
+        if ($valid_geoids -notcontains $location) {
+            Fail-Json $result "The argument location '$location' does not contain a valid Geo ID"
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($format -ne $null) {
+        if ($valid_cultures.Name -notcontains $format) {
+            Fail-Json $result "The argument format '$format' does not contain a valid Culture Name"
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($unicode_language -ne $null) {
+        if ($valid_cultures.Name -notcontains $unicode_language) {
+            Fail-Json $result "The argument unicode_language '$unicode_language' does not contain a valid Culture Name"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if ($location -ne $null) {
+    # Get-WinHomeLocation was only added in Server 2012 and above
+    # Use legacy option if older
+    if (Get-Command 'Get-WinHomeLocation' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+        $current_location = (Get-WinHomeLocation).GeoId
+        if ($current_location -ne $location) {
+            if (-not $check_mode) {
+                Set-WinHomeLocation -GeoId $location
+            }
+            $result.changed = $true
+        }
+    } else {
+        $current_location = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\International\Geo').Nation
+        if ($current_location -ne $location) {
+            if ($check_mode) {
+                Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\International\Geo' -Name 'Nation' -Value $location -WhatIf
+            } else {
+                Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\International\Geo' -Name 'Nation' -Value $location
+            }
+            $result.changed = $true
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if ($format -ne $null) {
+    $current_format = (Get-Culture).Name
+    if ($current_format -ne $format) {
+        # Set-Culture was only added in Server 2012 and above, use legacy option if older
+        if (Get-Command 'Set-Culture' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+            if (-not $check_mode) {
+                Set-Culture -CultureInfo $format
+            }
+        } else {
+            Set-CultureLegacy -culture $format
+        }
+        $result.changed = $true
+    }
+}
+
+if ($unicode_language -ne $null) {
+    # Get/Set-WinSystemLocale was only added in Server 2012 and above, use legacy option if older
+    if (Get-Command 'Get-WinSystemLocale' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+        $current_unicode_language = (Get-WinSystemLocale).Name
+        if ($current_unicode_language -ne $unicode_language) {
+            if (-not $check_mode) {
+                Set-WinSystemLocale -SystemLocale $unicode_language
+            }
+            $result.changed = $true
+            $result.restart_required = $true
+        }
+    } else {
+        Set-SystemLocaleLegacy -unicode_language $unicode_language
+    }
+}
+
+if ($copy_settings -eq $true -and $result.changed -eq $true) {
+    if (-not $check_mode) {
+        $defaultHiveKey = 'HKU\TEMP'
+        reg load $defaultHiveKey 'C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT'
+        New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root Registry::HKEY_USERS
+
+        $sids = 'TEMP', '.DEFAULT', 'S-1-5-19', 'S-1-5-20'
+        foreach ($sid in $sids) {
+            Copy-RegistryKey -source "HKCU:\Keyboard Layout" -target "HKU:\$sid"
+            Copy-RegistryKey -source "HKCU:\Control Panel\International" -target "HKU:\$sid\Control Panel"
+            Copy-RegistryKey -source "HKCU:\Control Panel\Input Method" -target "HKU:\$sid\Control Panel"
+        }
+
+        Remove-PSDrive HKU
+        [gc]::collect()
+        reg unload $defaultHiveKey
+    }
+    $result.changed = $true
+}
+
+Exit-Json $result
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_region.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_region.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c980d2c73ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_region.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#!/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/>.
+#
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community',
+                    'version': '1.0'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+module: win_region
+version_added: "2.3"
+short_description: Set the region and format settings
+description:
+    - Set the location settings of a Windows Server.
+    - Set the format settings of a Windows Server.
+    - Set the unicode language settings of a Windows Server.
+    - Copy across these settings to the default profile.
+options:
+    location:
+        description:
+            - The location to set for the current user, see
+              U(https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd374073.aspx)
+              for a list of GeoIDs you can use and what location it relates to.
+              This needs to be set if C(format) or C(unicode_language) is not
+              set.
+        required: false
+    format:
+        description:
+            - The language format to set for the current user, see
+              U(https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.aspx)
+              for a list of culture names to use. This needs to be set if
+              C(location) or C(unicode_language) is not set.
+        required: false
+    unicode_language:
+        description:
+            - The unicode language format to set for all users, see
+              U(https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.aspx)
+              for a list of culture names to use. This needs to be set if
+              C(location) or C(format) is not set. After setting this
+              value a reboot is required for it to take effect.
+        required: false
+    copy_settings:
+        description:
+            - This will copy the current format and location values to new user
+              profiles and the welcome screen. This will only run if
+              C(location), C(format) or C(unicode_language) has resulted in a
+              change. If this process runs then it will always result in a
+              change.
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        choices: ['true', 'false']
+author: "Jordan Borean (@jborean93)"
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+# Set the region format to English United States
+- win_region:
+    format: en-US
+
+# Set the region format to English Australia and copy settings to new profiles
+- win_region:
+    format: en-AU
+    copy_settings: True
+
+# Set the unicode language to English Great Britain
+- win_region:
+    unicode_language: en-GB
+  register: result
+
+- action: win_reboot
+  when: result.restart_required
+
+# Set the location to United States
+- win_region:
+    location: 244
+
+# Set format, location and unicode to English Australia and copy settings
+- win_region:
+    location: 12
+    format: en-AU
+    unicode_language: en-AU
+  register: result
+
+- action: win_reboot
+  when: result.restart_required
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+changed:
+    description: Whether anything was changed
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: True
+restart_required:
+    description: Whether a reboot is required for the change to take effect
+    returned: success
+    type: boolean
+    sample: True
+'''
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_region/aliases b/test/integration/targets/win_region/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6d61981670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_region/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+windows/ci/group3
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_region/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_region/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d328716dfa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_region/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - prepare_win_tests
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_region/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_region/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38870d01b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_region/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+# test code for the win_region module
+# 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/>.
+
+- name: expect failure when only setting copy_settings
+  win_region:
+    copy_settings: False
+  register: actual
+  failed_when: actual.msg != "An argument for 'format', 'location' or 'unicode_language' needs to be supplied"
+
+- name: expect failure when using invalid geo id for the location
+  win_region:
+    location: 111111
+  register: actual
+  failed_when: actual.msg != "The argument location '111111' does not contain a valid Geo ID"
+
+- name: expect failure when using invalid culture for format
+  win_region:
+    format: ab-CD
+  register: actual
+  failed_when: actual.msg != "The argument format 'ab-CD' does not contain a valid Culture Name"
+
+- name: expect failure when using invalid culture for unicode_language
+  win_region:
+    unicode_language: ab-CD
+  register: actual
+  failed_when: actual.msg != "The argument unicode_language 'ab-CD' does not contain a valid Culture Name"
+
+- name: set settings all to English Australia before tests for a baseline
+  win_region:
+    location: 12
+    format: en-AU
+    unicode_language: en-AU
+
+- name: reboot server to set properties
+  win_reboot:
+
+- name: check that changing location in check mode works
+  win_region:
+    location: 244
+  register: check_location
+  check_mode: yes
+
+- name: get current location value
+  win_command: powershell (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\International\Geo').Nation
+  register: actual_location
+
+- name: check assertion about location change in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "actual_location.stdout_lines[0] == '12'" # Corresponds to en-AU
+    - "check_location|changed"
+    - "check_location.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: set location to United States
+  win_region:
+    location: 244
+  register: location
+
+- name: get current location value
+  win_command: powershell (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\International\Geo').Nation
+  register: actual_location
+
+- name: check assertion about location change
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "actual_location.stdout_lines[0] == '244'" # Corresponds to en-US
+    - "location|changed"
+    - "location.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: set location to United States again
+  win_region:
+    location: 244
+  register: location_again
+
+- name: check that the result did not change
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "not location_again|changed"
+    - "location_again.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: set format to English United States in check mode
+  win_region:
+    format: en-US
+  register: check_format
+  check_mode: yes
+
+- name: get actual format value from check mode
+  win_command: powershell (Get-Culture).Name
+  register: actual_format
+
+- name: check assertion about location change in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "actual_format.stdout_lines[0] == 'en-AU'"
+    - "check_format|changed"
+    - "check_format.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: set format to English United States
+  win_region:
+    format: en-US
+  register: format
+
+- name: get actual format value
+  win_command: powershell (Get-Culture).Name
+  register: actual_format
+
+- name: check assertion about format change
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "actual_format.stdout_lines[0] == 'en-US'"
+    - "format|changed"
+    - "format.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: set format to English United States again
+  win_region:
+    format: en-US
+  register: format_again
+
+- name: check that the result did not change
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "not format_again|changed"
+    - "format_again.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: set unicode_language to English United States in check mode
+  win_region:
+    unicode_language: en-US
+  register: check_unicode
+  check_mode: yes
+
+- name: get actual unicode values
+  win_command: powershell (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language').Default
+  register: actual_unicode
+
+- name: check assertion about unicode language change in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "actual_unicode.stdout_lines[0] == '0c09'"
+    - "check_unicode|changed"
+    - "check_unicode.restart_required == True"
+
+- name: set unicode_language to English United States
+  win_region:
+    unicode_language: en-US
+  register: unicode
+
+- name: reboot the server after changing unicode language
+  action: win_reboot
+  when: unicode.restart_required
+
+- name: get actual unicode value
+  win_command: powershell (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language').Default
+  register: actual_unicode
+
+- name: check assertion about unicode language change
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "actual_unicode.stdout_lines[0] == '0409'" # corresponds to en-US
+    - "unicode|changed"
+    - "unicode.restart_required == True"
+
+- name: set unicode_language to English United States again
+  win_region:
+    unicode_language: en-US
+  register: unicode_again
+
+- name: check that the result did not change
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "not unicode_again|changed"
+    - "unicode_again.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: copy settings when setting to the same format check mode
+  win_region:
+    format: en-US
+    copy_settings: True
+  register: check_copy_same
+  check_mode: yes
+
+- name: check that the result did not change in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "not check_copy_same|changed"
+    - "check_copy_same.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: copy settings when setting to the same format
+  win_region:
+    format: en-US
+    copy_settings: True
+  register: copy_same
+
+- name: check that the result did not change
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "not copy_same|changed"
+    - "copy_same.restart_required == False"
+
+- name: copy setting when setting to a different format
+  win_region:
+    format: en-GB
+    copy_settings: True
+  register: copy
+
+- name: get actual format value after copy_settings
+  win_command: powershell (Get-Culture).Name
+  register: actual_copy
+
+- name: get locale name for local service registry hive
+  win_command: powershell "New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root Registry::HKEY_USERS | Out-Null; (Get-ItemProperty 'HKU:\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\International').LocaleName"
+  register: actual_local
+
+- name: get locale name for network service registry hive
+  win_command: powershell "New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root Registry::HKEY_USERS | Out-Null; (Get-ItemProperty 'HKU:\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\International').LocaleName"
+  register: actual_network
+
+- name: load temp hive
+  win_command: reg load HKU\TEMP C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT
+
+- name: get locale name for default registry hive
+  win_command: powershell "New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root Registry::HKEY_USERS | Out-Null; (Get-ItemProperty 'HKU:\TEMP\Control Panel\International').LocaleName"
+  register: actual_temp
+
+- name: unload temp hive
+  win_command: reg unload HKU\TEMP
+
+- name: get locale name for default registry hive
+  win_command: powershell "New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root Registry::HKEY_USERS | Out-Null; (Get-ItemProperty 'HKU:\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International').LocaleName"
+  register: actual_default
+
+- name: check assertions about copy setting when setting to a different format
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - "actual_copy.stdout_lines[0] == 'en-GB'"
+    - "actual_local.stdout_lines[0] == 'en-GB'"
+    - "actual_network.stdout_lines[0] == 'en-GB'"
+    - "actual_temp.stdout_lines[0] == 'en-GB'"
+    - "actual_default.stdout_lines[0] == 'en-GB'"
+    - "copy|changed"
+    - "copy.restart_required == False"
diff --git a/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml b/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml
index 80f2590d229..2fbee568fc4 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml
+++ b/test/integration/test_win_group3.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
     - { role: win_shell, tags: test_win_shell }
     - { role: win_command, tags: test_win_command }
     - { role: win_reg_stat, tags: test_win_reg_stat }
+    - { role: win_region, tags: test_win-region }