This document outlines our roadmap for the Icinga for Windows solution. It does not only cover the Icinga PowerShell Framework itself, but also plugins and other related modules.
## Milestones
The project is continuously developed and delivered as set of 3-month milestones. New features and functionality are provided within the [Icinga PowerShell Framework master branch](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga-powershell-framework) as well as other related repositories. Changes ahead on the master are always provided within the [changelog](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga-powershell-framework/blob/master/doc/31-Changelog.md) of each project.
## Icinga for Windows Roadmap / Timeline
Below is a schedule of milestones for new releases and components. The dates are rough estimates and are subject to change.
| Milestone End Date | Milestone Name | Preview Release Blog Post |
| 2020-02-19 | [1.0.0-framework] in Icinga for Windows<br>[1.0.0-plugins] in Icinga PowerShell Plugins | [Icinga for Windows 1.0.0 Release](https://icinga.com/2020/02/19/announcing-icinga-for-windows-v1-0/) |
| 2020-03-18 | [1.0.1-framework] in Icinga for Windows | [Icinga for Windows 1.0.1 Release](https://icinga.com/2020/03/19/icinga-for-windows-bugfix-release-v1-0-1/) |
| 2020-04-16 | [1.0.2-framework] in Icinga for Windows | |
| 2020-06-02 | [1.1.0-framework] in Icinga for Windows<br>[1.1.0-plugins] in Icinga PowerShell Plugins<br>[1.0.0-restapi] in Icinga PowerShell REST-Api<br>[1.0.0-inventory] in Icinga PowerShell Inventory | [Icinga for Windows 1.1.0 Release](https://icinga.com/2020/06/03/icinga-for-windows-v1-1-0-release/) |
| 2020-06-18 | [1.1.1-framework] in Icinga for Windows | |
| 2020-06-26 | [1.1.2-framework] in Icinga for Windows | |
| 2020-08-31 | [1.2.0-framework] in Icinga for Windows<br>[1.2.0-plugins] in Icinga PowerShell Plugins | [Icinga for Windows 1.2.0 Release](https://icinga.com/2020/08/31/releasing-icinga-for-windows-v1-2-0/) |
| 2020-12-02 | [1.3.0-framework] in Icinga for Windows<br>[1.3.0-plugins] in Icinga PowerShell Plugins<br>[1.0.0-hyperv] in Icinga PowerShell Hyper-V | tbd |
| 2021-03-02 | [1.4.0-framework] in Icinga for Windows | tbd |
| 1 | Performance Improvement | Reduce the impact of loading the entire Framework to a minimum.<br><br>Issue: [#106] |
| 1 | Proxy Support | For all kind of web requests we are currently dealing with we will require the support for proxy servers, ensuring connections are possible in more complex environments<br><br>Issue: [#19]
| 2 | Icinga API Integration | An easy way to communicate directly with the Icinga 2 API over Cmdlets for easier access. Authorization should be handled by certificates or user/password auth.<br><br>Issue: [#105] |
| 2 | Improve module caching | While running the Icinga for Windows solution as background daemon we should make sure that recurring tasks/events are properly cached. For this we will need to cache objects recursively, including arrays and hashtables<br><br>Issue: [#5]
| 2 | Improve Performance Counter Cache | We should improve the Performance Counter cache to be able to recognize if certain counter/instances are no longer present or have been added. This will resolve an issue while using the background daemon for regular tasks<br><br>Issue: [#11]
| 3 | Icinga Service Recovery | By default the Icinga Agent installer is not shipping with a service recovery solution in case the service crashes. We should allow the user to configure a custom rule set on what happens if Icinga crashes and how often a restart attempt is done for example<br><br>Issue: [#40]
| 4 | Windows Update Installation | The idea behind this is for smaller customer environments to allow the installation of certain Windows updates by using Icinga for Windows. This was an initial requests and should be taken into consideration when nothing else is to do<br><br>Issue: [#7]
| 4 | Hyper-V Monitoring | Add plugins for Hyper-V monitoring in an own separate module to cover this platform |
| 4 | Exchange Server Monitoring | Add plugins for Exchange Server monitoring in an own separate module to cover this platform |
| 4 | Active Directory Monitoring | Add plugins for Active Directory Server monitoring in an own separate module to cover this platform |
