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Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Fundamentals

This course is designed to provide an introduction to using Desired State Configuration with Windows PowerShell. This course will introduce terms, concepts, and basic commands that you can use immediately to push server configurations to Windows-based servers.

Jeff Hicks - Pluralsight course - Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Fundamentals
by Jeff Hicks

What you'll learn

This course is designed to provide an introduction to Desired State Configuration (DSC). With DSC, you create server configurations and deploy them to your servers. The best part is that you can leverage your PowerShell skills to easily create and deploy configurations. Desired State Configuration Fundamentals is designed to get you started as quickly as possible. It is assumed that the viewer has some previous experience in Windows PowerShell, including writing scripts in the PowerShell ISE, and is familiar with installing and configuring Windows servers and operating systems.

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About the author

Jeff Hicks - Pluralsight course - Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Fundamentals
Jeff Hicks

Jeffery Hicks is a Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell and an IT veteran with many years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis in automation and efficiency.

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