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PowerShell Desired State Configuration Essential Training

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Overview

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Learn the essentials of PowerShell DSC: creating DSC configurations, working with DSC resources, and applying DSC configurations to systems via both push and pull modes.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
1. DSC Overview
  • Why we need DSC
  • DSC architecture
  • Configurations and resources for DSC
  • DSC requirements
2. DSC Resources
  • Built-in resources
  • Custom resources
  • Finding and using DSC resources
3. DSC Configurations
  • Creating a DSC configuration
  • Parameterized configurations
  • Ordering with DependsOn
  • Staging configuration data
  • Cross-computer synchronization
4. Push Configurations
  • Using Start-DscConfiguration
  • Testing DSC configurations
  • Restoring DSC configurations
5. Build a Pull Server
  • Understanding the pull server role
  • Configuring an SMB pull server
  • Configuring an HTTP/HTTPS pull server
6. Pull Configurations
  • Understanding the Local Configuration Manager (LCM)
  • Configuring the LCM for pull-based deployment
  • Automatically downloading resources
7. Cross-Platform DSC
  • Understanding cross-platform DSC
  • Basics of DSC for Linux
  • Initial setup of DSC for Linux
  • Configuring Linux with DSC
8. DSC Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
  • Logging errors
  • Working with event logs
  • Using the xDscDiagnostics module
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Matt Hester

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