Holiday gift from Windows PowerShell team – DSC Resource Kit Wave 9
Ravikanth C- 2 Min To Read
- 18 Dec, 2014
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Windows PowerShell team just released a new wave of DSC resources taking the overall DSC resource count to 172! This is a great accomplishment within a single year! Great job.
This wave contains updates to various existing resources and 5 new DSC resource modules.
| Name | New, or Updated | What was added? |
|---|---|---|
| xAzure | Updated | Added a new resource, xAzureVMDscExtension, which provides the ability to use the DSC Extension for Azure VM’s to apply configurations to new or existing VM’s.Also addressed issues reported in xAzureStorageAccount |
| xAzurePack | New | xAzurePack adds 8 new resources used for installation and configuration of Windows Azure Pack. The resources are xAzurePackSetup, xAzurePackUpdate, AzurePackAdmin, xAzurePackFQDN, xAzurePackDatabaseSetting, xAzurePackIdentityProvider, xAzurePackRelyingParty, xAzurePackResourceProvider |
| xExchange | Updated | Added 5 new resources: xExchInstall, xExchJetstress, xExchJetstressCleanup, xExchUMCallRouterSettings, xExchWaitForADPrep. Additional improvements were made in xExchActiveSyncVirtualDirectory, xExchAutoMountPoint, xExchExchangeCertificate, xExchMailboxDatabase, ExchOutlookAnywhere, xExchUMService, and the related samples. |
| xInternetExplorer | New | Allows DSC to configure IE home page(s) |
| xPsExecutionPolicy | New | Enables configuring the PS Execution Policy via DSC |
| xScom | Updated | Adds new 5 resources: xSCOMManagementServerUpdate, SCOMWebConsoleServerUpdate, and xSCOMConsoleUpdate for updating OM to Update Rollup 4, plus xSCOMAdmin for adding OM admins, and xSCOMManagementPack for installing OM Management Packs. |
| xSCSPF | Updated | Adds xSCSPFServerUpdate for updating and SPF server to Update Rollup 4. |
| xScSr | Updated | Adds the xSCSRServerUpdate resource for updating an SR server to Update Rollup 4 |
| xScVMM | Updated | Adds 3 new resources: xSCVMManagementServerUpdate, and xSCVMMConsoleUpdate for updating to Update Rollup 4, and xSCVMMAdmin for adding VMM admins |
| xSqlServer | Updated | Adds 5 new DSC resources for SQL failover clusters, and reporting services config. Also fixes an issue with SQL setup when using SQL mixed mode security. |
| xTimeZone | New | Set the Time Zone using DSC with this resource |
| xWindowsRestore | new | Two new resources allow you to use DSC to configure system restore, create or remove a restore point |
The xAzurePack is a great addition and I will be using it right away! 🙂
You can download the new resource kit using PowerShell, whatelse!?
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/DSC-Resource-Kit-All-c449312d/file/131371/1/DSC%20Resource%20Kit%20Wave%209%2012172014.zip' -OutFile "${env:TEMP}\DSC-Wave9.zip"
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