Google Cloud Platform Windows Out Of Box Catalog items

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  • Updated June 16, 2026
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    Summary of Google Cloud Platform Windows Out Of Box Catalog items

    The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Windows Out Of Box (OOB) Catalog items provide ServiceNow customers with pre-configured, fully functional catalog items to request Windows virtual machines (VMs) on Google Cloud. These catalog items simplify provisioning by enabling requests for Windows VMs of various types, with options for additional disks and enhanced cloud firewall security. The solutions include workflow automation for compliance and policy enforcement, helping ensure that deployed VMs adhere to organizational standards.

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    Key Features

    • Windows VM Ordering: Customers can request Windows VMs of any instance type, including sizes beyond e2-micro and e2-small, which require administrator approval via policy.
    • Additional Disks: Support for attaching up to 10 additional disks to the VM, with no approval needed for up to two disks; requests beyond two disks require approval.
    • Cloud Firewall Security: Enables ordering of secure Windows VMs with configurable firewall rules. Users can specify one or more security groups linked to VPC and subnet selections to control network traffic to the VM.
    • User-Provided Credentials: Windows credentials must be provided during ordering and must comply with Windows version complexity requirements.
    • Automated Compliance Checks: Workflow automation performs CCG scans on deployed VMs to verify compliance with policy rules. If violations occur, the deployment stack is marked as "Follow up needed."
    • Resource Tagging: All deployed resources (VM, network, storage) receive key-value tags stored in the cmdbkeyvalue table for tracking, with plans to extend tagging directly in the cloud in future releases.

    Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    • Rapid provisioning of Windows VMs on GCP with standardized configurations and compliance validation.
    • Flexible options for VM sizing, disk attachments, and network security tailored to workload requirements.
    • Streamlined approval workflows ensure governance without delaying deployment.
    • Improved visibility and control over cloud resources through tagging and automated policy checks.

    Next Steps

    ServiceNow customers can leverage these OOB catalog items within their Cloud Services Catalog to accelerate Windows VM deployments on Google Cloud Platform. Administrators should configure approval policies according to organizational standards and ensure users understand credential complexity requirements. Monitoring the deployment status via the workflow automation will help maintain compliance and identify stacks needing follow-up.

    Cloud Services Catalog Windows VM, up to 10 additional disks on Google Cloud Platform or with cloud firewall.

    This is a fully functional sample catalog item that can be used to request a Windows instance of any type from Google Cloud Platform.

    Linux VM orders and features:

    Order Features

    CSC GCP Windows VM: Order a Windows Virtual machine that allows installation of Agent Client Collector. VM sizes other than e2-micro and e2-small require approval.

    This is a fully functional sample catalog item that can be used to request a Windows instance of any instance type from Google Cloud Provider. For instance types other than e2-micro and e2-small, approval is needed from administrator, by policy.

    The Windows credentials are provided by the user in catalog order form. The credentials to meet complexity requirement based on windows version.

    The workflow automation runs a CCG scan on the deployed Windows instance, and checks the policy rule with the configuration of the VM. If there is any violation, the stack will be set with 'Follow up needed' state to notify that the stack deployment is not as per norms.

    CSC GCP Windows multiple disks: Order a Windows virtual machine and specify up to 10 additional disk. No approval is necessary for up to two disks, but for anything beyond that, approval will be required.

    This is a fully functional sample catalog item that can be used to request a Windows instance of any instance type from Google Cloud Provider. This catalog item form allows ordering up to 10 additional disks (volumes) attached to the VM of varying sizes and types. If more than two additional disks are added to the request, approval is needed from administrator, by policy.

    The Windows credentials are provided by the user in catalog order form. The credentials to meet complexity requirement based on windows version.

    CSC GCP Windows Cloud Firewall: Order a secure Windows virtual machine with enhanced security to allow or deny traffic to and from your VM instances based on your specified configuration for highest level of security.

    This is a fully functional sample catalog item that can be used to request a Windows instance of any instance type from Google Cloud Provider. This catalog item form allows capability to assign one or more security groups (firewall-port rules) to the compute instance so that the network access to the VM is restricted. Security groups are listed for the selected VPC and subnets.

    The Windows credentials are provided by the user in catalog order form. The credentials to meet complexity requirement based on windows version.
    Note:

    Tag (key-value) is assigned to all deployed resources. Example: VM, network, storage as present in the stack.

    The key-value is updated only in the cmdb_key_value table, not in public cloud at this time. This will be fixed in future releases to update the tags in cloud.