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Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration is a tool akin Chef or Puppet, meant to automate keeping Windows servers in a known state.

Introduced with PowerShell 4.0. MSDN documentation on DSC: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249912.aspx

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Azure Automation DSC: how to unregister old/misconfigured DSC Nodes from the pull server?

Every now and then I am facing a situation where some old DSC Node remains on the registration list in the Azure Automation DSC pull server. The nodes appear for a brief moment (1-2 seconds) after clicking on the DSC Nodes menu item (or tile) and…
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How can I copy a custom package from Azure Storage to install on a machine with DSC?

I'm currently using Azure Resource Manager to create virtual machines with DSC to configure basic state and install IIS. I already have a build environment that dumps websites as .zip files to Azure Storage. But, I can't figure out how to make DSC…
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Error registering on premises node with Azure Automation DSC pull server

I just opened an Azure Automation account with a free subscription, in an attempt to experiment with DSC. I've been unable to register an on-premises node with the pull server, any help would be appreciated. Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager -path…
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Trigger a re-run of DSC check on Azure Virtual Machine

I'm running through simple exercises to learn Azure and Powershell DSC. This blog entry provides the perfect "Hello World" example for DSC: Configuration HelloWorldConfig { Node localhost { File TestFile { …
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PowerShell DSC Pull Server with digitally signed module - ErrorDetail is The PS is either missing or its associated MOF schema

I've configured a test DSC pull server and I'm attempting to use a digitally signed xPowerShellExecutionPolicy file but I am constantly getting an error stating that the MOF schema file is invalid or missing. The code signing certificate is from a…
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Additional info request on DSC Syntax for Binary Registry Key

I have more questions about implementing the solution found in: DSC Syntax for Binary Registry Key For the most part the solution suggested by Matthew Whetmore worked... but if the data starts with "00", somehow it is getting dropped. For e.g. for…
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