June 1, 2018 at 7:07 pm

Hello,

I am pretty new to DSC and I am getting an Error when I try to install "SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)" via DSC.
If I run the same Arguments "/install /passive /norestart" directly in powershell it works without a problem;

Here is my configuration file

Configuration TempFolder {

Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'PSDesiredStateConfiguration'

    Node TempFolder {


        File TempFolder {
            DestinationPath = 'D:\temp'
            Type = 'Directory'
            Ensure = 'Present'
        }

        Package SSMS
        {
            Ensure = "Present"
            Name = "SSMS-Setup-ENU"
            Path = "\\FRDV02519\Install\SSMS-Setup-ENU.exe"
            Arguments = "/install /passive /norestart"
            ProductId ="67F7D1B2-D1EB-404A-B71D-A3DC609C9A9D" 
        }
    }
}



TempFolder -OutputPath "$env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\Configuration\"

new-dscchecksum -path  "$env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsPowerShell\DscService\Configuration\TempFolder.mof"

This is the error I am getting

PowerShell DSC resource MSFT_PackageResource  failed to execute Set-TargetResource functionality with error message: The return code 1626 was not expected. Configuration is likely not 
correct 
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ProviderOperationExecutionFailure
    + PSComputerName        : FRDV02518
 
The SendConfigurationApply function did not succeed.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1
    + PSComputerName        : FRDV02518

June 1, 2018 at 7:14 pm

It's very probably trying to install Start menu shortcuts and failing because there's no user profile under DSC.