Server automation tools are software applications that enable you to automate server tasks. They can range in functionality, complexity, and cost depending on your needs and preferences. Common features of server automation tools include a graphical user interface (GUI), command-line interface (CLI), application programming interface (API), dashboard, and reporting. For example, Ansible is an open-source tool that uses YAML-based playbooks to automate server configuration, deployment, and orchestration; Chef is an open-source tool that uses Ruby-based recipes to automate server configuration, deployment, and compliance; Puppet is an open-source tool that uses declarative manifests to automate server configuration, deployment, and compliance; and PowerShell is a scripting language and framework that allows you to automate server tasks on Windows and Linux systems. Each of these tools support multiple platforms and integrate with other tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Git, Jenkins, Azure, Splunk, VMware, Google Cloud, Active Directory, SQL Server, and Azure.