diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for_process.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for_process.ps1
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+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+#Requires -Module Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy
+#Requires -Module Ansible.ModuleUtils.FileUtil
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+$params = Parse-Args -arguments $args -supports_check_mode $true
+
+$process_name_exact = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "process_name_exact" -type "list" 
+$process_name_pattern = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "process_name_pattern" -type "str" 
+$process_id = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "pid" -type "int" -default 0 #pid is a reserved variable in PowerShell.  use process_id instead.
+$owner = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "owner" -type "str"
+$sleep = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "sleep" -type "int" -default 1
+$pre_wait_delay = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "pre_wait_delay" -type "int" -default 0
+$post_wait_delay = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "post_wait_delay" -type "int" -default 0
+$process_min_count = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "process_min_count" -type "int" -default 1
+$state = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "state" -type "str" -default "present" -validateset "present","absent"
+$timeout = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "timeout" -type "int" -default 300
+
+$result = @{
+    changed = $false
+}
+
+# validate the input
+if ($state -eq "absent" -and $sleep -ne 1)
+{
+    Add-Warning $result "sleep parameter has no effect when waiting for a process to stop."
+}
+
+if ($state -eq "absent" -and $process_min_count -ne 1)
+{
+    Add-Warning $result "process_min_count parameter has no effect when waiting for a process to stop."
+}
+
+if (($process_name_exact -or $process_name_pattern) -and $process_id)
+{
+    Fail-json $result "process_id may not be used with process_name_exact or process_name_pattern."
+}
+if ($process_name_exact -and $process_name_pattern)
+{
+    Fail-json $result "process_name_exact and process_name_pattern may not be used at the same time."
+}
+
+if (-not ($process_name_exact -or $process_name_pattern -or $process_id -or $owner))
+{
+    Fail-json $result "at least one of: process_name_exact, process_name_pattern, process_id, or owner must be supplied."
+}
+
+$module_start = Get-Date
+
+#Get-Process doesn't actually return a UserName value, so get it from WMI.
+Function Get-ProcessMatchesFilter {
+    [cmdletbinding()]
+    Param(
+        [String]
+        $Owner,
+        $ProcessNameExact,
+        $ProcessNamePattern,
+        [int]
+        $ProcessId
+    )
+    
+    $CIMProcesses = Get-CimInstance Win32_Process
+    foreach ($CIMProcess in $CIMProcesses)
+    {
+        $include = $true
+        if(-not [String]::IsNullOrEmpty($ProcessNamePattern))
+        {
+            #if a process name was specified in the filter, validate that here.
+            $include = $include -and ($CIMProcess.ProcessName -match $ProcessNamePattern)
+        }
+        if($ProcessNameExact -is [Array] -or (-not [String]::IsNullOrEmpty($ProcessNameExact)))
+        {
+            #if a process name was specified in the filter, validate that here.
+            if ($ProcessNameExact -is [Array] )
+            {
+                $include = $include -and ($ProcessNameExact -contains $CIMProcess.ProcessName)
+            }   
+            else {
+                $include = $include -and ($ProcessNameExact -eq $CIMProcess.ProcessName)
+            }
+        }
+        if ($ProcessId -and $ProcessId -ne 0)
+        {
+            # if a PID was specified in the filger, validate that here.
+            $include = $include -and ($CIMProcess.ProcessId -eq $ProcessId)
+        }
+        if (-not [String]::IsNullOrEmpty($Owner) )
+        {
+            # if an owner was specified in the filter, validate that here.
+            $include = $include -and ($($(Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $CIMProcess -MethodName GetOwner).User) -eq $Owner)
+        }
+        
+        if ($include)
+        {
+            $CIMProcess | Select-Object -Property ProcessId, ProcessName, @{name="Owner";Expression={$($(Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $CIMProcess -MethodName GetOwner).User)}}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Start-Sleep -Seconds $pre_wait_delay
+if ($state -eq "present" ) {
+    #wait for a process to start
+    $Processes = @()
+    $attempts = 0
+    Do {
+        if (((Get-Date) - $module_start).TotalSeconds -gt $timeout)
+        {
+            $result.elapsed = ((Get-Date) - $module_start).TotalSeconds
+            Fail-Json $result "timeout while waiting for $process_name to start.  waited $timeout seconds"
+        }
+       
+        $Processes = Get-ProcessMatchesFilter -Owner $owner -ProcessNameExact $process_name_exact -ProcessNamePattern $process_name_pattern -ProcessId $process_id
+        Start-Sleep -Seconds $sleep
+        $attempts ++
+        $ProcessCount = $null
+        if ($Processes -is [array]) { 
+            $ProcessCount = $Processes.count 
+        } 
+        elseif ($null -ne $Processes) { 
+            $ProcessCount = 1 
+        }
+        else {
+            $ProcessCount = 0
+        }
+    } While ($ProcessCount -lt $process_min_count)
+
+    if ($attempts -gt 0)
+    {
+        $result.changed = $true
+    }
+    $result.matched_processess = $Processes
+}
+elseif ($state -eq "absent") {
+    #wait for a process to stop
+    $Processes = Get-ProcessMatchesFilter -Owner $owner -ProcessNameExact $process_name_exact -ProcessNamePattern $process_name_pattern -ProcessId $process_id 
+    $result.matched_processes = $Processes
+    $ProcessCount = $(if ($Processes -is [array]) { $Processes.count } elseif ($Processes){ 1 } else {0})
+    if ($ProcessCount -gt 0 )
+    {
+        try { 
+            Wait-Process -Id $($Processes | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ProcessId) -Timeout $timeout -ErrorAction Stop
+            $result.changed = $true
+        }
+        catch {
+            $result.elapsed = ((Get-Date) - $module_start).TotalSeconds
+            Fail-Json $result "$($_.Exception.Message). timeout while waiting for $process_name to stop.  waited $timeout seconds"
+        }
+    }
+    else{
+        $result.changed = $false
+
+    }
+}
+Start-Sleep -Seconds $post_wait_delay
+$result.elapsed = ((Get-Date) - $module_start).TotalSeconds
+Exit-Json $result
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for_process.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for_process.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf16affa625
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+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for_process.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# this is a windows documentation stub, actual code lives in the .ps1
+# file of the same name
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: win_wait_for_process
+version_added: '2.7'
+short_description: Waits for a process to exist or not exist before continuing.
+description:
+- Waiting for a process to start or stop is useful when Windows services
+  behave poorly and do not enumerate external dependencies in their
+  manifest.
+options:
+  process_name_exact:
+    description:
+      - The name of the process(es) for which to wait.
+      - Must inclue the file extension of the process binary (.exe)
+  process_name_pattern:
+     description:
+      - RegEx pattern matching desired process(es)
+  sleep:
+    description:
+    - Number of seconds to sleep between checks.
+    - Only applies when waiting for a process to start.  Waiting for a process to start
+      does not have a native non-polling mechanism. Waiting for a stop uses native PowerShell
+      and does not require polling.
+    default: 1
+  process_min_count:
+    description:
+      - Minimum number of process matching the supplied pattern to satisfy C(present) condition.
+      - Only applies to C(present).
+    default: 1
+  state:
+    description:
+    - When checking for a running process C(present) will block execution
+      until the process exists, or until the timeout has been reached.
+      C(absent) will block execution untile the processs no longer exists,
+      or until the timeout has been reached.
+    - When waiting for C(present), the module will return changed only if
+      the process was not present on the initial check but became present on
+      subsequent checks.
+    - If, while waiting for C(absent), new processes matching the supplied
+      pattern are started, these new processes will not be included in the
+      action.
+    default: present
+    choices: [ absent,  present ]
+  timeout:
+    description:
+    - The maximum number of seconds to wait for a for a process to start or stop
+      before erroring out.
+    default: 300
+author:
+- Charles Crossan (@crossan007)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: Wait 300 seconds for all Oracle VirtualBox processes to stop. (VBoxHeadless, VirtualBox, VBoxSVC)
+  win_wait_for_process:
+    process_name: "v(irtual)?box(headless|svc)?"
+    state: absent
+    timeout: 500
+
+
+- name: Wait 300 seconds for 3 instances of cmd to start, waiting 5 seconds between each check
+  win_wait_for_process:
+    process_name: "cmd\\.exe"
+    state: present
+    timeout: 500
+    sleep: 5
+    process_min_count: 3
+
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+elapsed:
+  description: The elapsed seconds between the start of poll and the end of the
+    module.
+  returned: always
+  type: float
+  sample: 3.14159265
+changed:
+  description: True if a process was started or stopped during the module execution.
+  returned: always
+  type: bool
+matched_processes:
+  description: Count of processes stopped or started.
+  returned: always
+  type: int
+'''