{"id":12495,"date":"2016-10-07T23:13:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T07:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/?p=12495"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:38:08","slug":"new-home-for-in-box-dsc-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/new-home-for-in-box-dsc-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"New Home for In-Box DSC Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have just released a new DSC module called <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PowerShell\/PSDscResources\">PSDscResources<\/a>.\nThe aim of this module is to serve as the <strong>new home of the in-box PSDesiredStateConfiguration module open-sourced on GitHub<\/strong>.\nThis allows us to accept contributions for the in-box resources from our wonderful DSC community and release these resources more frequently outside of the Windows Management Framework (WMF).<\/p>\n<p>The current release of PSDscResources contains 5 of the resources available in the in-box module:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Group<\/li>\n<li>Service<\/li>\n<li>User<\/li>\n<li>WindowsOptionalFeature<\/li>\n<li>WindowsPackageCab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These resources are a combination of those in-box as well as community contributions from our experimental <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PowerShell\/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration\">xPSDesiredStateConfiguration<\/a> module on GitHub.\nThese 5 resources have also recently been updated to meet the DSC Resource Kit <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PowerShell\/DscResources\/blob\/master\/HighQualityModuleGuidelines.md\">High Quality Resource Module (HQRM) guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Resources not currently included should not be affected and can still load from the in-box PSDesiredStateConfiguration module.\nAs time goes on resources will gradually be added to PSDscResources.<\/p>\n<p>Because PSDscResources overwrites in-box resources, it is only available for WMF 5.1.\nMany of the resource updates provided here are also included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PowerShell\/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration\">xPSDesiredStateConfiguration<\/a> module which is still compatible with WMF 4 and WMF 5 (though this module is not supported and may be removed in the future).<\/p>\n<p>To update your in-box resources to the newest versions provided by PSDscResources, first install PSDscResources from the PowerShell Gallery:<\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight highlight-source-powershell\">\n<pre><span class=\"pl-c1\">Install-Module<\/span> PSDscResources<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, simply add this line to your DSC configuration:<\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight highlight-source-powershell\">\n<pre><span class=\"pl-c1\">Import-DscResource<\/span> <span class=\"pl-k\">-<\/span>ModuleName PSDscResources<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How to Contribute<\/h2>\n<p>With this module on GitHub, you can now contribute to the future in-box DSC resources!\nThere are several different ways you can help.\nYou can fix bugs, add tests, improve documentation, and open issues.\nSee our <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PowerShell\/DscResources\/blob\/master\/CONTRIBUTING.md\">contributing guide<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<p>We greatly value every effort our community puts into improving our resources!<\/p>\n<h2>Questions, Comments?<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking into using PowerShell DSC, have questions or issues with a current resource, or would like a new resource, let us know in the comments below, on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PowerShell_Team\">@PowerShell_Team<\/a>), or by creating an issue in the main DSC Resource Kit repository on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/powershell\/dscresources\/issues\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Keim\nSoftware Engineer\nPowerShell Team\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katiedsc\">@katiedsc<\/a> (Twitter)\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kwirkykat\">@kwirkykat<\/a> (GitHub)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have just released a new DSC module called PSDscResources. 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