The DSC Book
Book Details
| Authors | Don Jones, Steve Murawski |
| Published | 2018 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Paperback | 12 pages |
| Language | English |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives |
Book Description
The DSC Book is a comprehensive and continually evolving guide to Microsoft's Desired State Configuration (DSC) technology. Authored by Don Jones and Steve Murawski, this mini book demystifies the powerful declarative platform designed for automating the configuration and management of infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. It covers key concepts such as DSC architecture, configuration authoring, resource management, and custom resource development, providing concise examples and real-world best practices. Ideal for IT professionals, system administrators, and DevOps engineers, this book equips readers to implement reliable, repeatable, and scalable configuration management using DSC, helping ensure systems remain in their desired state with minimal manual intervention.
Learn everything you need to know about Microsoft's Desired State Configuration, a management platform in Windows PowerShell. The DSC Book is designed to help you understand how DSC works, and how you can use it in a variety of scenarios.
This book is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives license (CC BY-ND), which means that you are free to copy and distribute it, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author and do not create modified versions of the work.
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