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Custom

If neither built-in nor community resources fit your requirements, you have to use custom-built resources—that is, you have to write the code yourself. These resources can either be class-based (PowerShell 5+) or MOF-based (PowerShell 4+).

DSC resources always have the same three functionalities, regardless of their type:

• Get/Get-TargetResource: A method or function that returns the current state of the system. It is often used internally in the test method later on. Get-DscConfiguration will display the current system status with the information retrieved from this method/function. This method always returns an instance of the class or, if MOF-based, a hashtable with all of the parameter names as keys.
• Test/Test-TargetResource: A ...