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Want to Automatically Configure Your Machines Using DSC at Initial Boot-up?
Often times, IT Pros want to automate software installation and configuration upon a machine’s initial boot-up. This blog will walk you through how to use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration...
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PowerShell Summit North America
We are delighted to draw attention to this year's PowerShell Summit - an excellent community run PowerShell event.As described by PowerShell.Org:Come meet the Windows PowerShell team, PowerShell MVPs,...
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DSC Resource Kit Wave 3
In September, Microsoft released PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) with twelve built in resources. Three months later (December), we added eight more resources with Wave One of the DSC...
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Configuring an Azure VM using PowerShell DSC
At the //build/ conference today, Jeffery Snover demonstrated bringing up an Azure virtual machine and configuring it using DSC and the Custom Script VM extension. We are sharing the scripts he used...
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Windows Management Framework V5 Preview
The Windows Management Framework V5 Preview is out! Check out Jeffrey Snover's announcement here. The preview contains updates to PowerShell Desired State Configuration, as well as two new features:...
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What’s in a name? Using prefixes in PowerShell.
We’ve talked about this in the past but it’s time for a reminder. PowerShell uses prefixes in front of nouns to avoid name collisions. Imagine how many collisions there would be if people used the...
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Collecting the Output of Remoting Commands
One question we often get around PowerShell Remoting is "How do I collect the output of remoting commands into a different file for each computer?" For example, you want to invoke a remote command...
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A World of Scripts at your Fingertips – Introducing Script Browser
<Today we have a guest blog entry from Microsoft Customer Services & Support and the Garage> To reuse script samples on the Internet, the following steps seem quite familiar to IT Pros:...
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Debug Mode in Desired State Configuration
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....
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Understanding Import-DscResource Keyword in Desired State Configuration
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...
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Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview May 2014 is now available
We’re excited to announce Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview May 2014, a new package publicizing new and exciting management technologies, is now available for download on Download Center!This...
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Announcing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux
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...
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Setting up an Internal PowerShellGet Repository
At TechEd, we announced and released an early version of PowerShellGet: a package manager for PowerShell modules. The response was positive, and many people asked the same type of question: “Can I set...
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Wish I can author DSC Resource in C#!!
In previous blog, we learned how one can use their PowerShell skills to author DSC resources very easily. Still there are folks (we met some at TechEd NA) who want to author their DSC resources using...
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How to retrieve node information from pull server
As described in “Push vs. Pull Mode” blog, DSC configuration can be applied on target nodes using pull or push mechanism. In this blog I will talk about how to retrieve node information from DSC pull...
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PowerShell: predict the future via TechEd
PowerShell: predict the future via TechEdSummary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about Windows PowerShell and the future of the technology Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Where...
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DSC Resource Kit Wave 4 is Live!
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...
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PowerShell DSC Resource Kit Wave 5 Arrives
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...
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Creating a Secure Environment using PowerShell Desired State Configuration
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,...
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Chef with PowerShell DSC Now Public!
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...
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