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 ...

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Microsoft earlier in the month released a test solution for managing Exchange Server 2013 configurations. The new xExchange PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources module is available ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft released Windows 10 for PCs build 14393.82 to the Production ring. The package is missing a .MOF file, which breaks DSC (Desired State Configuration) in PowerShell. It ...

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SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Sep 8, 2014) - Chef, the leader in web-scale IT automation, today announced new integration with Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), enabling developers ...

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Microsoft late last week released an experimental solution for maintaining Exchange Server 2013 configurations. The new xExchange PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources module is ...