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Secure credentials in the Azure PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) extension

PowerShell TeamSeptember 10, 2014Sep 10, 201409/10/14

UPDATE 11/21/2014: For information on OS support, and other features, please refer to our release history. We have updated the Azure Extension Handler to v1.1! Release notes for v1.1 If you are not familiar with the Azure PowerShell DSC extension, please start from our first blogpost about it. Desired State Configuration provides a ...

DSC Resource Kit Wave 6 Is Here

PowerShell TeamAugust 20, 2014Aug 20, 201408/20/14

The DSC Resource Kit Wave 6 Is Available The DSC Resource Kit Wave 6 has been released! This wave contains 5 new DSC Resources, taking us up over 80 resources between the Resource Kit and what is shipping in Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2. In addition to these resources we are rolling out today, you may have noticed that the SafeHarbor example was...

Introducing the Azure PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration) extension

PowerShell TeamAugust 7, 2014Aug 7, 201408/7/14

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!

PowerShell TeamJuly 29, 2014Jul 29, 201407/29/14

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

PowerShell TeamJuly 21, 2014Jul 21, 201407/21/14

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...

PowerShell DSC Resource Kit Wave 5 Arrives

PowerShell TeamJuly 17, 2014Jul 17, 201407/17/14

The PowerShell DSC Resource Kit Wave 5 is now available for your use. This wave contains 10 new DSC resources, taking us up to 77 total resources between the Resource Kits and what is shipping in Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2. In response to a number of requests, DSC Reskit Wave 5 also includes an end-to-end example, with a configuration for ...

DSC Resource Kit Wave 4 is Live!

PowerShell TeamJune 6, 2014Jun 6, 201406/6/14

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 ...

Announcing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux

Kris BashMay 19, 2014May 19, 201405/19/14

For those of you fortunate enough to be at TechEd North America last week, you might have seen Jeffrey Snover announcing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) for Linux! (If you missed that session, you can watch a replay of it online). We are excited to announce the initial availability of this feature with the...

Understanding Import-DscResource Keyword in Desired State Configuration

PowerShell TeamApril 25, 2014Apr 25, 201404/25/14

Desired State Configuration resources are used to model and change the state of different components of the system. In an earlier blog post, we discussed details about deploying and discovering those resources and introduced Import-DscResource dynamic keyword. In this post, we will discuss some more details about the usage and internal ...

Debug Mode in Desired State Configuration

PowerShell TeamApril 22, 2014Apr 22, 201404/22/14

The DSC engine caches resources implemented as a PowerShell module for efficiency purposes. This can sometimes turn out to be annoying, when you are authoring a resource and testing it simultaneously. The only way to cause DSC to load the newer version every time is to explicitly kill the process hosting the DSC engine. As part of the WMF5 ...

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