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Want to Automatically Configure Your Machines Using DSC at Initial Boot-up?

PowerShell TeamFebruary 28, 2014Feb 28, 201402/28/14

Often times, IT Pros want to automate software installation and configuration upon a machine’s initial boot-up. This blog will walk you through how to use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to do this. We will show you how to prepare and inject DSC configurations into your bootable media (such as VHDs),

Reusing Existing Configuration Scripts in PowerShell Desired State Configuration

PowerShell TeamFebruary 25, 2014Feb 25, 201402/25/14

You are an expert in PowerShell DSC (or maybe not an expert, just someone playing around with configurations in DSC) and have already written fairly large and complex configurations for configuring your environment/data center. Everything is working well and you are a great fan of DSC.

Configuring a SQL High Availability Group with DSC

PowerShell TeamFebruary 13, 2014Feb 13, 201402/13/14

Let’s use DSC to configure something complicated! In past blogs, we’ve shown you how to use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to configure relatively simple systems. However, the technologies you deal with on a day to day basis can sometimes become complicated.

DSC Diagnostics Module– Analyze DSC Logs instantly now!

PowerShell TeamFebruary 11, 2014Feb 11, 201402/11/14

Have you ever witnessed a DSC Configuration run where you had no idea about what it might have done behind the scenes? Well, then your worries end here! During any DSC Operation, the DSC engine writes into windows event logs,

Need more DSC Resources? Announcing DSC Resource Kit Wave 2

PowerShell TeamFebruary 7, 2014Feb 7, 201402/7/14

Good news everyone! Starting today, you can use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to configure Active Directory and SQL Server (including High Availability Groups). We are pleased to release the next wave of the DSC Resource Kit – one that enables you to start using DSC to solve your real world problems and scenarios.

How to enable Updatable Help for your PowerShell Module

PowerShell TeamFebruary 4, 2014Feb 4, 201402/4/14

PowerShell 3.0 lets the user update Help content on a per module basis. In this article, I will explain how you can enable this for your own PowerShell module.

Prerequisites: Have a new (script/binary) module, help content for the cmdlets of the module,

Want to secure credentials in Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration?

PowerShell TeamJanuary 31, 2014Jan 31, 201401/31/14

As you start using Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), you might need to specify credentials for resources. In a previous post we showed you how to define a resource that has a credential property. In this post,

Separating “What” from “Where” in PowerShell DSC

PowerShell TeamJanuary 9, 2014Jan 9, 201401/9/14

As you already know we introduced PowerShell Desired State Configuration to the world at our TechEd NA 2013 Session. The session also introduced the notion of structural configuration (what) and environmental configuration (where) (at the 25:50 min mark).

Using Event Logs to Diagnose Errors in Desired State Configuration

PowerShell TeamJanuary 3, 2014Jan 3, 201401/3/14

Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), just like any other Windows software, records errors and events in logs that can be viewed from the Event Viewer. However, the trick lies in effectively parsing these logs,

Holiday Gift – Desired State Configuration (DSC) Resource Kit Wave-1

PowerShell TeamDecember 26, 2013Dec 26, 201312/26/13

Continuing with the tradition of holiday gifts to the PowerShell community, the PowerShell team has just released DSC Resource Kit Wave-1 – a set of PowerShell modules that contain DSC resources and example configurations. The various modules that are part of DSC Resource Kit Wave 1 can be found here.

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