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What's new in DSC Resource Kit

July 30, 2015 Jul 30, 2015 07/30/15

Karol Kaczmarek [MSFT]

It’s been another busy month and we’ve seen lots of enthusiasm from many of you to help improve the DSC Resource Kit. In only the last couple of weeks we’ve merged 90 pull requests, 8 new resources have been added to 4 modules (xDefender, xExchange, xWebAdministration, xWindowsUpdate) and another 15 resources across 13 ...

Azure DSC Extension v2.1 released

July 21, 2015 Jul 21, 2015 07/21/15

PowerShell Team

NOTE: For information on OS support, and other features, please refer to our release history. Today we released version 2.1 of the Azure DSC Extension, with a bug fix for ARM deployments. The bug we fixed would produce this error message in some ARM deployments: “File lock (C:\Packages\Plugins\Microsoft.Powershell.DSC\1.10.1.0\bin\..\...

DSC Resource Kit flourishes as open source

June 23, 2015 Jun 23, 2015 06/23/15

PowerShell Team

We are excited to announce the recent updates which were made to DSC Resource Kit since open sourcing it on GitHub! We were working hard on improving coverage and robustness of DSC as well as saw incredible engagement from the community in the recent months. That effort resulted in adding 32 new DSC resources across 8 modules and fixing bugs ...

Want to write a DSC resource where only a single instance can be configured?

June 22, 2015 Jun 22, 2015 06/22/15

Travis Plunk

I've heard from a few DSC resource authors that they need a method to implement a resource that has a single instance; a singleton. The problem they encountered is a DSC resource must define a Key property but singleton resources generally should not have a key because there is only one instance that can be updated. The problem can been...

MSIgnite BRK4452 – Writing Windows PowerShell DSC Resources and Configurations

May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 05/11/15

PowerShell Team

Recordings of MS Ignite 2015 session BRK4452: Writing Windows PowerShell DSC Resources and Configurations are now available online. As mentioned in the session you can download the demo modules using the following code: Find-Module -Tag BRK4452 -OutVariable Modules $Modules | % {Install-Module -Name $_.Name -...

PowerShell DSC for Linux is now available!

May 5, 2015 May 5, 2015 05/5/15

Kris Bash

We are pleased to announce that PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux (version 1) is available for download. You can now use the powerful Desired State Configuration (DSC) platform to manage the configuration ofboth Windows and Linux workloads with a familiar PowerShell interface. Bringing DSC to Linux is another step in Microsoft&...

Introducing DSC Resource Kit Wave 10

February 13, 2015 Feb 13, 2015 02/13/15

PowerShell Team

Happy 10th anniversary to the DSC Resource Kit! Wave 10 is now available on TechNet and in the PowerShell Gallery. We have a few new resources this month and a number of significant bug fixes made to existing resources that are critical in our march towards stability and robustness. All in all, there are 8 new DSC resources ...

Another Holiday Present From the PowerShell Team – DSC Reskit Wave 9

December 17, 2014 Dec 17, 2014 12/17/14

PowerShell Team

Here’s a holiday gift from the PowerShell team – the DSC Resource Kit wave 9. You can find it right here. This wave has something for everyone, we hope. There are 34 new DSC resources across 13 modules! We have also incorporated your feedback, and made fixes to several existing resources that address issues you have encountered. ...

PowerShell DSC Resource Design and Testing Checklist

November 18, 2014 Nov 18, 2014 11/18/14

PowerShell Team

DSC Resource Design and Testing Checklist Writing Desired State Configuration Resources is not trivial and there’s many things which can go wrong. You should always spend significant amount of time testing resources you create. This task, although critical for quality, is often overlooked or performed carelessly and ...

Documenting DSC

November 13, 2014 Nov 13, 2014 11/13/14

PowerShell Team

We have a new team of content developers focusing on documenting Desired State Configuration (DSC). Led by our manager Steve Kaczmarek, the team comprises Jaime Ondrusek, Corey Plett, and Eric Slesar. A little background: Steve – I joined Microsoft in 2003 and manage the Management and Automation content development team. In ...

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