Episode 265 – PowerScripting Podcast – Narayanan Lakshmanan from the PowerShell Team on DSC - PowerShell.org

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In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Narayanan Lakshmanan from the PowerShell team about DSC

News

[https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/)

The [PowerShell Portland User Group](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powershell-portland-user-group-poshpug-tickets-7869547027?aff=es2&rank=5) is meeting April 15th

The [Greater Milwaukee Script Club](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-milwaukee-script-club-tickets-509330421?aff=es2&rank=6) is meeting on April 15th

The [Tampa PowerShell User Group](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tampa-powershell-user-group-tickets-1634714475?aff=es2&rank=7) is meeting on April 17th

Interview

Guest - Narayanan Lakshmanan

Links

[WMF5 Preview](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx)

DSC Resource Kit








    [Wave 1](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/12/26/holiday-gift-desired-state-configuration-dsc-resource-kit-wave-1.aspx)





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    [Wave 2](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/07/need-more-dsc-resources-announcing-dsc-resource-kit-wave-2.aspx)





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    [DSC Resource Designer](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/xDscResourceDesigne-Module-22eddb29)





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    [Wave 3](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/03/28/dsc-resource-kit-wave-3.aspx)





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    [All modules - download](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/DSC-Resource-Kit-All-c449312d)

[Don Jones’ - The DSC ebook (free)](https://powershell.org/ebooks./)

[TechNet Virtual Lab: Desired State Configuration with Window Server 2012 R2](https://vlabs.holsystems.com/vlabs/technet?eng=VLabs&auth=none&src=microsoft.holsystems.com&altadd=true&labid=10068)

Chatroom Highlights:

for a DSC noob, how well does it compare with Puppet? Linux guys are pushing and I am not too familiar with it. Does an IT shop need both?

##DSC noob here too…any suggestions or some practical examples to gain some familiarity?

when can we expect to get resources written by other product teams?

##Will Test-TargetResource tell you what’s deviating if it fails?

will MS require the various teams to provide DSC resources (aka stop-ship, like they did with powerShell cmdlets)

##When will the DscResourceDesigner’s Test-DscResource handle more complex schema.mofs?

##What’s failing is the wave resources that you’ve released fail to validate with Test-DscResource

How far downlevel will WMF5 be supported? 2008R2?

What is N for WMF5?

totally unrelated"¦on win 8.1, how would one get past “access denied” when trying to use location services (like this: http://www.verboon.info/2013/10/powershell-script-get-computergeolocation/)

http://youtu.be/JM7e5tsYOi8

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014 « For those who missed the keynote

http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx

https://oneget.codeplex.com/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/03/28/dsc-resource-kit-wave-3.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx

dsc reskit wave 1 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/12/26/holiday-gift-desired-state-configuration-dsc-resource-kit-wave-1.aspx

wave 2 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/07/need-more-dsc-resources-announcing-dsc-resource-kit-wave-2.aspx

dsc reskit home http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/DSC-Resource-Kit-All-c449312d

@marc_carter check the book here https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/ebooks/tree/master/DSC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managed_Object_Format

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=desired%20state%20configuration&ac=3