A step by step guide to setting up your Azure environment to support Automation for Resource Manager Powershell scripts, using Service Principal authentication. Getting set up so that you can run Azure Resource Manager Powershell scripts in your Automation account isn’t quite as easy as perhaps it should be. I thought it was worthwhile documenting the steps you need to… Read more »
In the two previous posts, I introduced PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and the kinds of use cases that its suited to. Post #2 covered setup and configuration of the DSC Server and how target nodes retrieve their configuration. This post will now cover the nuts and bolts of the actual Powershell configuration file (script) that defines the Desired State…. Read more »
Authoring, Configuring and deploying PowerShell DSC DSC: Desired State Configuration In the previous post, I introduced PowerShell DSC at a high level and explained how it works, what it can be used for, and the options for setting up servers. In this post I’m going to cover the first part of implementation, which includes setting up the environment for… Read more »
What is PowerShell DSC, and what can I use it for? DSC: Desired State Configuration DSC is a Powershell technology that enables a set of server’s configuration states to be described in a Powershell configuration object. Each part of the configuration for a server (or Node) is described using a Powershell DSC Resource. There are some “built in” resources, such… Read more »