The examples in this repository are designed to work with PowerShell 5.1/DSC 1.1. For anything but the most basic DSC configurations, you will need to install additional PowerShell modules on both ...

IT departments use automation to complete repetitive tasks, looking to save time and reduce errors. Server provisioning is a perfect candidate for automation because the golden image, with the ...

Microsoft's Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a declarative configuration platform. You can use DSC resources to query, audit, and set the state of a specific component on a system. You can use DSC ...

In today’s cloud-centric world, we’re seeing an explosion in the number of servers under IT management. Virtual machines made servers cheap, and containers will push prices down further. As a result, ...

Introduced with PowerShell v4, Desired State Configuration (DSC) was a significant shift in the way that changes are made with PowerShell. Administrators now could declare configuration declaratively ...

IT departments use automation to complete repetitive tasks, looking to save time and reduce errors. Server provisioning is a perfect candidate for automation because the golden image, with the ...

All notable changes to DSC after the 3.0.0 release are documented in this file. The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and DSC adheres to Semantic Versioning. To see the changes for the earlier ...

Overview PowerShell combines a command-line shell, scripting language and automation framework, helping IT teams manage systems and repeat complex administrativ ...

At last year's TechEd conference in New Orleans, I first shared in the epiphany. I'd sat down for an evening drink with fellow Redmond columnist Don Jones to chat about the day's events. The topic of ...