diff --git a/library/windows/win_group b/library/windows/win_group
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2014, Chris Hoffman <choffman@chathamfinancial.com>
+#
+# 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/>.
+
+# this is a windows documentation stub.  actual code lives in the .ps1
+# file of the same name
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: win_group
+version_added: "1.7"
+short_description: Add and remove local groups
+description:
+    - Add and remove local groups
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - Name of the group
+    required: true
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  description:
+    description:
+      - Description of the group
+    required: false
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Create or remove the group
+    required: false
+    choices:
+      - present
+      - absent
+    default: present
+    aliases: []
+author: Chris Hoffman
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+  # Create a new group
+  win_group:
+    name: deploy
+    description: Deploy Group
+    state: present
+
+  # Remove a group
+  win_group:
+    name: deploy
+    state: absent
+'''
diff --git a/library/windows/win_group.ps1 b/library/windows/win_group.ps1
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+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Copyright 2014, Chris Hoffman <choffman@chathamfinancial.com>
+#
+# 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 $args;
+
+$result = New-Object PSObject;
+Set-Attr $result "changed" $false;
+
+If (-not $params.name.GetType) {
+    Fail-Json $result "missing required arguments: name"
+}
+
+If ($params.state) {
+    $state = $params.state.ToString().ToLower()
+    If (($state -ne "present") -and ($state -ne "absent")) {
+        Fail-Json $result "state is '$state'; must be 'present' or 'absent'"
+    }
+}
+Elseif (-not $params.state) {
+    $state = "present"
+}
+
+$adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME"
+$group = $adsi.Children | Where-Object {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'group' -and $_.Name -eq $params.name }
+
+try {
+    If ($state -eq "present") {
+        If (-not $group) {
+            $group = $adsi.Create("Group", $params.name)
+            $group.SetInfo()
+
+            Set-Attr $result "changed" $true
+        }
+
+        If ($params.description.GetType) {
+            IF (-not $group.description -or $group.description -ne $params.description) {
+                $group.description = $params.description
+                $group.SetInfo()
+                Set-Attr $result "changed" $true
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    ElseIf ($state -eq "absent" -and $group) {
+        $adsi.delete("Group", $group.Name.Value)
+        Set-Attr $result "changed" $true
+    }
+}
+catch {
+    Fail-Json $result $_.Exception.Message
+}
+
+Exit-Json $result