Get started authoring a class-based DSC Resource to manage a configuration file. Completing this tutorial gives you a functional class-based DSC Resource in a module you can use for further learning ...

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, ...

Each of the tutorials in this section covers a different aspect of implementing a DSC resource. Each tutorial is implemented in at least one programming language. The tutorial implementations teach ...

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Desired State Configuration (DSC) is an excellent tool to get control of your infrastructure. A core component of DSC is the DSC resource. When DSC was introduced, administrators had to create a ...

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 ...

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