Your ConfigurationData is essentially a list of nodes that you want a Configuration to apply to. From Part 1: ConfigurationData – This is, basically, a list of the nodes that PowerShell DSC will configure as per the Configuration.  Here we need to present PowerShell DSC with a list of nodes in a way it understands. […]

Your Configuration is exactly that: the configuration of the nodes you specified in your ConfigurationData. From Part 1: Configuration – This is the collection of information that tells PowerShell DSC how nodes specified in the ConfigurationData should be configured. I.e. which windows features should be installed, How File Shares should be configured, How IIS should […]

Or: PowerShell DSC For Dummies… When I started leaning about PowerShell DSC, I found lots of great technical information, but nothing to really describe the key concepts and ideas that made it work, and how they fit together. I am here going to try to document some of these and hopefully this will help you […]