Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration
This course is designed for Windows IT Pros who are using Windows PowerShell and Desired State Configuration to manage on-premises deployments and configurations of Windows servers
What you'll learn
Deploying Windows servers and managing their configurations can be a difficult task. One technique is to create scripts to set up new servers. Or you can separate the configuration from the implementation and create processes that guarantee a server will always be configured the way you expect with minimal manual effort. In this course, Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration, you’ll learn to manage Windows server configurations with Windows PowerShell and Desired State Configuration (DSC). First, you’ll learn the DSC basics such as creating a simple configuration and deploying it to a server. Next, you’ll discover how to use advanced techniques such as configuration data. Finally, you’ll learn how to leverage DSC in an enterprise setting using a pull server and features such as named configurations. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of DSC needed to manage server configurations of any size organization.
Table of contents
- Custom DSC Resources 2m
- Using the Script Resource 2m
- Demonstration Using the Script DSC Resource 7m
- Creating a Custom DSC Resource Module 2m
- Demonstration Building a MOF Based Custom DSC Resource 7m
- Demonstration Using a MOF Based Custom DSC Resource 3m
- Creating a Class Based DSC Resource Module 4m
- Demonstration Building a Class Based Custom DSC Resource 5m
- Using a Class Based Custom DSC Resource 4m
- Introducing the Pull Server 3m
- Demonstration Setting Up a Pull Server 4m
- Deploying Pull Server Configurations and Resources 2m
- Deploying Pull Server Resources 2m
- Demonstration Deploying Configurations 3m
- Demonstration Deploying Resources 3m
- Configuring the Local Configuration Manager 2m
- Demonstration Configuring the Local Configuration Manager 3m
- Demonstration Using the Pull Server 3m
- Using Named Configurations 4m
- Demonstration Using Named Configurations 6m
- Using Partial Configurations 5m
- Demonstration Using Partial Configuration 3m
- DSC Reporting 3m
- Demonstration Custom DSC Reporting 2m
- Demonstration Using the DSC Reporting Feature 7m
- Demonstration Community DSC Reporting Options 5m
- DSC Recommendations 4m
- Course Summary 2m
About the author
Jeffery Hicks is a veteran IT Pro with 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis in automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award. He works today as an independent author, teacher, and consultant. He has been creating Pluralsight content for over 10 years. Jeff has written for numerous online sites and print publications, and speaks frequently at technology confer... more