Because the forthcoming Microsoft Nano Server doesn't have a GUI, here's how to create configuration scripts with the built-in Desired State Configuration in Windows PowerShell.

Desired State Configuration is a feature that you never knew you needed... And you won't ever want to be without it.

Introduced with PowerShell 4, DSC provides a way to manage Windows servers declaratively through the same configuration management practices the open source community has been using for years.

Hendrickson is the developer of the xExchange module, which contained 24 DSC resources early on. Most of these resources are just a collection of Exchange PowerShell cmdlets, but the idea is to use ...

Using Azure Automation DSC gives administrators the same benefits of PowerShell DSC, but with some bonus tooling.

Configuration as code is coming to Microsoft’s Azure-hosted workstations, allowing us to use WinGet, YAML files, and PowerShell DSC to deliver ready-to-run toolchains to developers.