From the course: Windows Server 2016: Installation and Configuration
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PowerShell DSC - Windows Server Tutorial
From the course: Windows Server 2016: Installation and Configuration
PowerShell DSC
- [Instructor] So far in this course, we've taken a look at installing and managing roles and features on a Windows 2016 Server, and I wanted to introduce you to one more feature of Server 2016. It's very powerful, and it is a bit advanced at this stage in the game, but I wanted to at least introduce it in concept. It's called Desired State Configuration, and it's an addition to PowerShell. It's a wonderful tool. It's more than a tool, really, it's more of an environment that can make sure that the configuration that you set is the configuration that stays. Using this feature, you create scripts that define exactly how your Server will be configured and DSC will make sure that the Server stays that way. The new vocabulary that I learned when I started diving into DSC is idempotent. The word means unchanged. Picture a scenario where you script the addition and configuration of all of your roles and your entire Server environment. Every block is in place, it's exactly where you want it.…
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