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, ...

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 ...

IT departments use automation to complete repetitive tasks, looking to save time and reduce errors. Server provisioning is a perfect candidate for automation because the golden image, with the ...

What is Powershell Desired State Configuration? Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a feature in PowerShell 4.0 and above that helps administrators to automate the configuration of Windows and Linux ...

The Microsoft PowerShell team is planning to reshape its Desired State Configuration (DSC) solutions, replacing them with a single cross-platform tool that supports both Windows and Linux. The team is ...

Overview PowerShell combines a command-line shell, scripting language and automation framework, helping IT teams manage ...

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 ...

After having shocked the world by releasing Visual Studio Code for Linux, Microsoft had the pleasure of announcing today the immediate availability for download of PowerShell Desired State ...

Microsoft confirmed that its latest cumulative update for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update breaks certain features in PowerShell, such as Desired State Configuration and implicit remoting. Earlier ...