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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.

Intermediate
2h 57m
(246)

Created by Jeff Hicks

Last Updated Nov 29, 2021

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  • Course

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.

Intermediate
2h 57m
(246)

Created by Jeff Hicks

Last Updated Nov 29, 2021

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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.

Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Fundamentals
Intermediate
2h 57m
(246)
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Jeff Hicks - Pluralsight course - Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Fundamentals
Jeff Hicks
33 courses 4.6 author rating 2670 ratings

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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