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Windows Management Framework (WMF) 4.0 Update now available for Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1

January 19, 2016 Jan 19, 2016 01/19/16
PowerShell Team
As part of the November 2014 Update (KB3000850), we released updates to PowerShell 4.0 for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. We are now pleased to make these same PowerShell 4.0 updates available for Windows Server 2012 (KB3119938), Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (KB3109118), and Windows 7 SP1 (KB3109118) via WMF 4.0 Update packages. At...

Windows Management Framework (WMF) 4.0 Update is coming your way …

July 28, 2015 Jul 28, 2015 07/28/15
PowerShell Team
Updated 05/03/2016 – On Jan 19th 2016, we had published the Windows Management Framework (WMF) 4.0 update packages for Windows Server 2012 (KB3119938), Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (KB3109118), and Windows 7 SP1 (KB3109118) . At this time, these update packages are only available by request through the aforementioned links. See WMF 4.0 ...

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 ...

PowerShell DSC Does Exchange!

October 21, 2014 Oct 21, 2014 10/21/14
PowerShell Team
One of the more complex products to deploy and configure has just been made easier with the release of the xExchange PowerShell DSC Resource Module.   Mike Hendrickson, the creator of these resources, has begun documenting how to use PowerShell DSC to deploy & configure Exchange in the article Introducing the xExchange Module for...

Continuing the DSC Resource Kit Additions – Wave 7 is Live

September 26, 2014 Sep 26, 2014 09/26/14
PowerShell Team
The DSC Resource Kit Wave 7 update has been published, and is now available. You can download all of the resources from the DSC Resource Kit (All Resources) topic, and also find them by using PowerShellGet. This wave contains 4 new DSC Resources, which brings the total count of resources over 90 since last December.   In ...

Introducing the Azure PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration) extension

August 7, 2014 Aug 7, 2014 08/7/14
PowerShell Team
UPDATE 11/4/2014: For information on using PSCredential objects, please refer to this blog post. UPDATE 11/21/2014: For information on OS support, and other features, please refer to our release history. For the latest information regarding DSC Extension, refer to the product documentation. .......... Earlier this year Microsoft ...

Chef with PowerShell DSC Now Public!

July 29, 2014 Jul 29, 2014 07/29/14
PowerShell Team
Many of you have seen the demos done by our friends at Chef, which show how they planned to leverage PowerShell DSC. Those plans are now public as of the publishing of the PowerShell DSC Cookbook for Chef announced in the recent blog post by Adam Edwards. Check it out here:  http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/07/24/getting-ready-for-chef-...

Creating a Secure Environment using PowerShell Desired State Configuration

July 21, 2014 Jul 21, 2014 07/21/14
PowerShell Team
Introduction: Traditionally, IT environments have secured their business critical information against external threats by adding additional layers of security to the org’s network (e.g. firewalls, DMZs, etc.).  However many of today’s attacks are coming from inside the network so a new “assume breach” approach must be adopted. In ...

DSC Resource Kit Wave 4 is Live!

June 6, 2014 Jun 6, 2014 06/6/14
PowerShell Team
The value and number of PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources coming from Microsoft continues to grow. As of the release of DSC Resource Kit Wave 3, we were up to 50 total.   Now, we're happy to announce the DSC Resource Kit Wave 4.  This wave contains 16 new DSC resources, taking us up to 67 total resources ...

Wish I can author DSC Resource in C#!!

May 29, 2014 May 29, 2014 05/29/14
PowerShell Team
In previous blog, we learned how one can use their PowerShell skills to author DSC resources very easily. Still there are folks (we met some at TechEd NA) who want to author their DSC resources using C# because they are more productive with it than PowerShell language. Well, you can fully leverage the power of DSC by writing your resources in ...