Life is like a Box of Chocolate(y) - NDC Conferences
Learn from David Gardiner how to automate the installation and configuration of all the sofware you need to get your job done with open source tools Chocolatey and Boxstarter.
David Gardiner
Overview
Chocolatey is a software management solution unlike anything else you've ever experienced on Windows. Chocolatey brings the concepts of true package management to allow you to version things, manage dependencies and installation order, better inventory management, and other features.
Products
Chocolatey for Business (C4B) is the enterprise offering that enables companies to adopt a DevOps approach to managing their Windows environment, allowing you to deliver applications to your users more reliably and faster.
Pro is a personal, named license that grants having licensed versions of Chocolatey on up to 8 machines and provides the ultimate Chocolatey experience!
Chocolatey has the largest online registry of Windows packages. Learn how Open Source Chocolatey can support your next project.
Learn the difference between the Chocolatey Editions and what will fit your needs the best.
I'm ready to get started now!
Find past and upcoming webinars, workshops, and conferences.
Solutions
Chocolatey for Business (C4B) is the enterprise offering that enables companies to adopt a DevOps approach to managing their Windows environment, allowing you to deliver applications to your users more reliably and faster.
Chocolatey provides a unique approach to managing your end-user software (desktops / laptops) and can be combined with your existing solutions. Chocolatey for Business (C4B) enables better security, enhanced visibility with centralized reporting, and a self-service GUI. Self-Service Anywhere allows non-administrators to easily access and manage IT approved software from the office, from home, or anywhere they have an internet connection.
We often hear from System Engineers that they are looking for a simple way to manage Windows endpoints, which also provides advanced functionality when needed. This can be especially important when you need to ensure the most up to date software is deployed (e.g new versions or critical patches). We are excited to add Deployments to Chocolatey Central Management (CCM) which will provide IT teams the ability to easily orchestrate simple or complex scenarios in a fraction of the time over traditional approaches.
The Quick Deployment Environment (QDE) provides a single virtual machine appliance to be imported into your hypervisor-of-choice, which contains most of the various components of a Chocolatey organizational solution. Deploy recommended architecture in 2-3 hours.
Chocolatey customers are some of the largest and most secure organizations in the world. We have created a best-practice solution called Offline Deployments based on our customer's complex IT landscape and security constraints. This Solution Brief describes the Offline Deployment solution and offers a choice of three patterns. The pattern you choose depends on the constraints you have, and those constraints are often security constraints.
Community
Search the largest online registry of Windows packages. Chocolatey packages encapsulate everything required to manage a particular piece of software into one deployment artifact by wrapping installers, executables, zips, and scripts into a compiled package file.
Find past and upcoming webinars, workshops, and conferences.
Learn
Get step-by-step instructions on how to install Chocolatey.
New to Chocolatey? Learn the requirements and how to get Chocolatey up and running in no time!
Find past and upcoming webinars, workshops, and conferences.
Chocolatey Software is working harder than ever to provide solutions and resources for our customers and community. We'll continue to add to this area so check back often.
Need help? Read our Support FAQ to find out the next steps.
About
Chocolatey Software is focused on helping our community, customers, and partners with solutions that help fill the gaps that are often ignored. We offer a simple, pragmatic, and open approach to software management.
David Gardiner