The PowerShell team are asking for validation and feedback on the DSC features in WMF 5.0 – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/07/06/validate-features-of-powershell-dsc.aspx
First up is the PowerShell DSC RunAsCredential – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/07/06/validate-powershell-dsc-runascredential.aspx
Other features will be explained and your validation solicited over the course of this week
PowerShell DSC for Linux has moved out of CTP and v1 is available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46919
You will find more details at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/05/06/powershell-dsc-for-linux-is-now-available.aspx
You will need to download OMI version 1.0.8-1 which is available from https://collaboration.opengroup.org/omi/documents.php?action=show&dcat=&gdid=32721
OMI has to be installed on the Linux box before the DSC package
A useful getting started guide is available https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126211.aspx
I demonstrated DSC for Linux at the recent PowerShell Summit NA 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5igUenOJiU&index=30&list=PLfeA8kIs7CochwcgX9zOWxh4IL3GoG05P
though things have changed a bit since I built that demo environment using the DSC for Linux CTP. I’m going to rebuild my Linux box with the new bits and give it a whirl.
Being able to manage Windows and Linux environments through the same techniques, and in some cases the same DSC configurations is a big step forward
The PowerShell team have produced wave 9 of the DSc resource kit – just in time for Christmas – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/12/17/another-holiday-present-from-the-powershell-team-dsc-reskit-wave-9.aspx
This wave contains a number of new resources and some updates to existing resources including the Exchange resource.
You can download the latest version of the resource kit from https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/DSC-Resource-Kit-All-c449312d
The team’s blog post states that you should check for the GA update (which is minimum requirement for running the DSC res kit) by testing to see if KB2883200 is installed. This won’t work if you’ve built you system using Windows media that incorporates the update.
A better test is to look at the build number. It should be 9400 or higher. You can see this by using $psversiontable
£> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
—- —–
PSVersion 4.0
WSManStackVersion 3.0
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.34014
BuildVersion 6.3.9600.17400
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2
The version is 6.3.9600.17400 where 6.3 = Windows 2012 R2 and 9600 = the build
You can also use WMI
£> Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Operatingsystem | Format-List BuildNumber, Version
BuildNumber : 9600
Version : 6.3.9600