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This call focused on recent DSC advancements, featuring live demos and discussions around tooling improvements and the DSC V3.2 roadmap.

  • VS Code extension (demo by Gijs): Improved DSC configuration editing with IntelliSense, MOF-to-V3 conversion, and resource manifest generation.
  • DSC Bicep extension (demo by Andy): Enables orchestration of DSC resources using Bicep’s local deploy feature, with type support and dependency resolution. Future plans include publishing to official registries.
  • DSC V3.2 roadmap (Steve): Quality-driven release timeline with a planned Python adapter to broaden resource authoring beyond PowerShell, and future consideration for languages like C#.
  • Q&A highlights: Clarified that Bicep handles orchestration and type resolution when using the DSC extension; discussed user-defined types and custom functions.
  • Action items: Test ak.ms links for extension distribution and open the Bicep types project for community contributions.

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