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title: Zero-touch onboarding of Windows servers on AWS
slug: reference-guide-3-0-0/zero-touch-onboarding-of-windows-servers-on-aws
description: Learn how to import Windows devices from AWS to the Single Connect inventory with this informative document. Discover step-by-step instructions for essential tasks such as setting properties, defining an import job, adding device groups and SSH keys, and 
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createdAt: 2022-08-01T19:14:07.000Z
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Single Connect can provide seamless connection to Windows devices with the admin password. To import Windows devices from AWS to the Single Connect inventory:

1. Apply all steps in section [Creating AWS Accounts](docId:5oLJB-466OnLOzy0zkeGI).
2. Set the **device.import.aws.save.windows.admin.password** property as **true** in the element type, in addition to the other properties in the figure below:

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/skoVwZ4XaQ5v5cmAGFRhZ_image.png "Windows Element Type Parameters")

- Define the AWS Device Import job if it is not yet defined. Refer to section [Creating AWS Device Import Jobs](docId\:tHsX-H2Alh0pVHe6oFQfU).
- Add a Device Group tag, according to the seps outlined in section [Adding AWS Devices to specific Device Groups](docId\:Dlrwq3u_uzRZN36IjfI9Z).
- Add an SSH key to the Secret Data vault to import the Windows Devices.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/tZR7AT8e78kjle7z4-ECN_image.png "Secret Key Definition")

- Trigger the AWS Device Import Job (defined in step 3) manually. The log in credential properties **rdpCredentialsName** and **rdpUsername** are automatically set in the **Device Properties**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/P6fsup2gWBPQd1NLJN6fj_image.png "AWS Windows Device Properties")

The credentials’ detail is set in the Secret Data Vault with the format **AdminCredentials-publicIP**, after the import process is successful. 

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/4VDjjbRkK66fffgBK4LT__image.png "AWS Windows Device Credentials")