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Hi, this is where our blogged content is made available. Feel free to send us your content of stuff using or related with DSC! Just submit a Pull request to the Website under the /content/blog/ section.

Please make sure the name of the file contains the language such as mycontent.en.md for an article written in English.

Articles in Blog Posts

Create an Article

Want to contribute a blog post to the DSC Community website? This guide shows you how to create and submit articles …

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DSC is Dead

Is DSC really dead? In this PSConfEU session, Michael and Gael address the most common questions about Desired State …

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What is Microsoft DSC v3

Microsoft DSC v3 is a simple, single executable tool that helps you declare and enforce the desired state of your …

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Your first class-based Microsoft DSC v3 resource

Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3 represents the next generation of configuration management with …

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Convert tests to Pester 5 for a DSC Community repository

This blog post will guide you on how to convert existing tests in a DSC Community DSC resource module repository using a …

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Steps to rename master branch to main for a DSC Community resource

This guide walks you through renaming the master branch to main for DSC Community resource repositories, covering GitHub …

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Class Based DSC Resource only proposal

The PowerShell team announced plans to focus on class-based DSC resources only for PowerShell 7.2+, moving away from …

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Converting tests to Pester 5

Pester 5 introduces significant improvements along with breaking changes from version 4. This guide covers migrating …

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Updating repo with Sampler.GitHubTasks

A lot of improvements have been made to the Sampler module and templates in the last couple of weeks, and it’s a …

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Add Code Coverage Support to Repository

Code coverage metrics help ensure your DSC resources are well-tested. This guide explains how to configure Codecov.io …

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DscResource.Common functions in a DSC module

Stop duplicating helper functions across your DSC modules. Learn how to integrate the DscResource.Common module into …

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Steps to convert a module for continuous delivery

This guide walks you through converting a DSC Community module to use the Sampler-based CI/CD pipeline for continuous …

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How to Use DSC Logging

The Local Configuration Manager (LCM) in PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) logs its deployment progress and …

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Realizing maintenance windows with DSC

Introduction

Since 2017 I have been involved in a number of DSC projects in medium to very large enterprises. It has not …

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