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September 19, 2019Sep 19, 201909/19/19 We just released the DSC Resource Kit!
This release includes updates to 15 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 160 pull requests have been merged and 68 issues have been closed, all thanks to our amazing community!
August 7, 2019Aug 7, 201908/7/19We just released the DSC Resource Kit!
This release includes updates to 11 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 96 pull requests have been merged and 45 issues have been closed, all thanks to our amazing community!
The modules updated in this release are:
ActiveDirectoryDsc
ActiveDirectoryCSDsc
ComputerManagementDsc
SecurityPolicyDsc
SharePointDsc
SqlServerDsc
StorageDsc
xDnsServer
xExchange
xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
xWebAdministration
For a detailed list of the resource modules and fixes in this release,
June 7, 2019Jun 7, 201906/7/19It has been almost a year since the last DSC Planning update. There has been a lot going on, many decisions being made, and it just didn’t make sense to post earlier in this calendar year. In this post we will review what has been shipped and the high-level direction we are heading.
June 7, 2019Jun 7, 201906/7/19This post builds upon the introduction published yesterday to the PowerShell blog. In this post we are going to explore the Azure Policy Guest Configuration service.
June 7, 2019Jun 7, 201906/7/19This post builds upon the introduction published earlier to the PowerShell blog. In this post we are going to explore the Azure Policy Guest Configuration client and how configuration content is consumed.
February 20, 2019Feb 20, 201902/20/19We just released the DSC Resource Kit!
This release includes updates to 14 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 126 pull requests have been merged and 102 issues have been closed, all thanks to our amazing community!
The modules updated in this release are:
ActiveDirectoryCSDsc
CertificateDsc
ComputerManagementDsc
DFSDsc
NetworkingDsc
PSDscResources
SharePointDsc
SqlServerDsc
StorageDsc
xActiveDirectory
xExchange
xHyper-V
xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
xWebAdministration
For a detailed list of the resource modules and fixes in this release,
September 13, 2018Sep 13, 201809/13/18 2018 has been the most active year ever for the DSC community. The DSC team is taking on major new areas of work in Azure, and we have made significant progress in development of the new DSC platform.
In this Planning Update for DSC, I want to cover these topics in detail and share major changes to the timing of our Open Source plans for the DSC platform.
April 19, 2018Apr 19, 201804/19/18In the next Current Branch release of Windows Server a new feature will be released to provide support for SQL Server as the database platform to support Windows Pull Server for DSC.
This capability will open new scenarios:
High availability
The SQL ecosystem of reporting and analysis tools
If you are a member of Windows Server Insiders you can test this now by downloading a preview build.
May 18, 2016May 18, 201605/18/16We’ve just updated the DSC Resource Kit to celebrate our 1 year open-source anniversary!
The DSC Resource Kit has come a long way in a year. Originally, DSC started with only in-box resources. To make these resources easier to update, some were moved to TechNet’s Script Center and became the DSC Resource Kit.
April 4, 2016Apr 4, 201604/4/16We’ve just updated the DSC Resource Kit for April!
Since our last update in February, there have been 107 merged pull requests with 49 closed issues.
Thanks to our wonderful community, the DSC Resource Kit now consists of 279 resources!
We have updated 21 DSC modules which include 6 new resources.
