{"id":1421,"date":"2014-11-19T11:19:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T11:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2014\/11\/19\/documenting-dsc-part-2\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:38:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:38:48","slug":"documenting-dsc-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/documenting-dsc-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Documenting DSC Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a previous post<\/a>, we introduced the team of writers working on documenting DSC. (You can always contact them at DSCIX@microsoft.com<\/a>.) We’ve started out by bringing the existing documentation up to date (the topics for all of the built-in resources<\/a> have been brought current, for example) and transferring all or parts of most of the posts in this blog concerning DSC into the Technical Library.<\/p>\n

For your reference, here’s a table that relates the DSC blog posts to the corresponding Technical Library articles:<\/p>\n

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DSC blog post<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Technical Library article<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Separating  “What” from “Where” in PowerShell DSC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Separating  Configuration and Environment Data<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Push and Pull Configuration Modes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Pull Servers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Understanding Meta Configuration in Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Local Configuration Manager<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Want to secure credentials in Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Securing the MOF file<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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How to retrieve node information from DSC pull server<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Pull Servers<\/a> (subsection)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Using Event Logs to Diagnose Errors in Desired State Configuration<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

DSC Diagnostics Module– Analyze DSC Logs instantly now!<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Debug Mode in Desired State Configuration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Troubleshooting DSC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a previous post, we introduced the team of writers working on documenting DSC. (You can always contact them at DSCIX@microsoft.com.) We’ve started out by bringing the existing documentation up to date (the topics for all of the built-in resources have been brought current, for example) and transferring all or parts of most of the posts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":600,"featured_media":13641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,2,348],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-powershell","tag-documentation","tag-help","tag-windows-powershell-desired-state-configuration"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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