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October 2017 - Scripting Blog

Reverse Desired State Configuration: How it works

October 27, 2017 Oct 27, 2017 10/27/17
Doctor Scripto
Nik Charlebois is a Premier Field Engineer based out of Canada. He is the author of several books on SharePoint automation, and he writes blog posts on a regular basis about all things PowerShell. You can find out more about his work here. ReverseDSC PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) has been around for a few years now, and many ...

Use Docker to automate testing of PowerShell Core scripts

October 3, 2017 Oct 3, 2017 10/3/17
Doctor Scripto
  Summary: Learn the basics about Docker, and see how to use it for PowerShell Core script testing on different operating systems. I'm Dan Ward, a Boston-based .NET software engineer who is just plum crazy about PowerShell and automation. Earlier this year, I uploaded my first GitHub project—a PowerShell whitespace cleaner that also ...