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, ...

PowerShell Remoting, and even DSC, are based on open, third-party standards. With that standardized foundation, Microsoft can let other folks focus on tooling, knowing that those tools don't have to ...

We welcome code contributions to this repository. For guidelines on how to contribute, see our CONTRIBUTING.md. Your feedback and participation help us improve DSCv3 for everyone. DSCv3 is the latest ...

開発、テスト、本番の環境をコードで記述し、それを基に環境を自動構築する仕組みを整えると、様々なメリットがある。 一度コードを作成しておけば、同一の環境をいくつでも容易に作成できる。環境の変更が必要になれば、その内容をコードに反映させ ...

Ansibleのwin_dscモジュールを利用してWindowsノードにPowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration) を適用する場合、通常はデフォルトで5985ポート（HTTP）を使用します。しかし、セキュリティ上の理由から5985ポートを閉じたいケースもあるでしょう。実際に私の環境でも ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a declarative configuration platform. With DSC, the state of a machine is described using a format that should be clear to understand even if the ...

I spent some time this weekend creating a quick tutorial to get started with Microsoft DSC v3.0 ☀️ Whilst Microsoft DSC v3 doesn't rely on PowerShell, it's still pretty dominant in input and output, ...

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PowerShell can save you a lot of time on Windows admin tasks, but to use it effectively you need to understand how it works. Here’s a crash course in Windows PowerShell scripting basics to get you ...