Scripting with Windows Powershell Desired State Configuration [Video]

What is Desired State Configuration?

Powershell Desired State Configuration (DSC) is really a powerful way of scripting. It is a declarative model of scripting, instead of you defining Powershell exactly each and every step to get from point A to point B. You only need to describe what point B is and Powershell takes care of it before anything. The biggest benefit is that we get to define our configuration, our infrastructures, our servers as a code. Desired State Configuration in Powershell can really be achieved through 3 simple steps:

1. Create the Configuration
2. Compile the Configuration into a MoF file
3. Deploy the Configuration

What will you need to run Powershell DSC?

Thankfully we do not need a whole lot, Powershell comes with it built-in. So, for managing Windows systems with DSC you are going to need modern version of Powershell, that is:

1. Windows 4.0, 5.0, 5.1
2. Powershell DSC for Linux is available
3. Currently limited support for Powershell Core

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