April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
418 pages
9h 41m
English
Content preview from Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions: Exam Guide 70-535
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Desired State Configuration
DSC is the process of forcing a configuration on a system. It uses configuration files that consist of PowerShell scripts. These scripts are responsible for making the required configurations to the system and for ensuring that these systems stay in sync. So for example, when you have created a DSC file to configure IIS on a Windows Server and this is removed by an administrator, the DSC file will reinstall and configure IIS again.
DSC uses three key features to configure the machines:
- Configurations: A set of PowerShell scripts that configure the resources. These scripts also ensure that the systems remain configured in the desired state. It uses Nodes to define the resources that are being configured.
- Resources ...