Microsoft Operations Management Suite Cookbook

Creating an Azure Automation DSC configuration

In this example, we will use a simple DSC configuration that looks for the IIS Windows feature:

1. Open a text editor, such as PowerShell ISE or Notepad ++.
2. Enter the following simple Web Server (IIS) configuration into the editor and save it as DSCConfig.ps1:

configuration DSCConfig{    Node WebServer    {        WindowsFeature IIS        {            Ensure = 'Present'            Name = 'Web-Server'            IncludeAllSubFeature = $true        }    }    Node NotWebServer    {        WindowsFeature IIS        {            Ensure = 'Absent'            Name = 'Web-Server'        }    }  } 

3. Navigate to the Azure portal at http://portal.azure.com and sign in.
4. In the Azure portal, type Automation Accounts and select and open your Automation account.
5. In Automation Account page, select DSC Configurations and click ...