diff --git a/manifests/install/windows.pp b/manifests/install/windows.pp
index 7b83145..0740309 100644
--- a/manifests/install/windows.pp
+++ b/manifests/install/windows.pp
@@ -37,8 +37,20 @@
     proxy_server => $filebeat::proxy_address,
   }
 
+  # Core editions of Windows Server do not have a shell as such, so use the Shell.Application COM object doesn't work.
+  # Expand-Archive is a native powershell cmdlet which ships with Powershell 5, which in turn ships with Windows 10 and 
+  # Windows Server 2016 and newer.
+  if ((versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '2016') > 0) or (versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '10') == 0))
+  {
+    $unzip_command = "Expand-Archive ${zip_file} \"${filebeat::install_dir}\""
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    $unzip_command = "\$sh=New-Object -COM Shell.Application;\$sh.namespace((Convert-Path '${filebeat::install_dir}')).Copyhere(\$sh.namespace((Convert-Path '${zip_file}')).items(), 16)" # lint:ignore:140chars
+  }
+
   exec { "unzip ${filename}":
-    command => "\$sh=New-Object -COM Shell.Application;\$sh.namespace((Convert-Path '${filebeat::install_dir}')).Copyhere(\$sh.namespace((Convert-Path '${zip_file}')).items(), 16)", # lint:ignore:140chars
+    command => $unzip_command,
     creates => $version_file,
     require => [
       File[$filebeat::install_dir],
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 5343152..7b28567 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@
       "operatingsystem": "windows",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "2012",
-        "2012 R2"
+        "2012 R2",
+        "2016",
+        "2019"
       ]
     },
     {