Learn how to migrate your PowerShell DSC estate to Microsoft DSC without breaking production

But it's inevitable

Turn Bicep modules into Markdown documentation with the experimental docs generate command and customizable Scriban templates.

What's changed These release notes describe updates to DSC since the v3.3.0-rc.2 release. This document includes the following sections: Added for changes that improve or add functionality without...

What's Changed Add devcontainer by Thomas Nieto (@ThomasNieto) in #1631 Fix universal package publishing by Aditya Patwardhan (@adityapatwardhan) in #1638 Fix PMC publishing script and mapping by ...

PowerShell's imperative power and Microsoft DSC's declarative engine can finally meet in the middle

Development made easy in Go with a Resource Development Kit (RDK)

What's Changed Add devcontainer by Thomas Nieto (@ThomasNieto) in #1631 Fix universal package publishing by Aditya Patwardhan (@adityapatwardhan) in #1638 Fix PMC publishing script and mapping by ...

The deadline Microsoft's announcement forgot to mention

What if you could ship a new DSC resource without writing a single line of code? From the early days, Microsoft DSC bridged the gap between the new engine and everything that isn't a native command-b...

Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources for Databricks

One step less to perform in your deployment pipeline

What's Changed Fix propagation of secrets by @SteveL-MSFT in #1573 Add invoke_dsc_function() and invoke_dsc_expression() tools to Server mode by @SteveL-MSFT in #1588 Add PR code coverage workflow...

Learn how to easily migrate your test suite from v5 to v6

What's Changed Add new Microsoft.Windows/WindowsFeatureList resource by @Gijsreyn in #1541 docs: Update PSScript examples by @Gijsreyn in #1528 Add reference documentation for secret() by @Gijsrey...

A collaborative community of authors and maintainers working to improve DSC resources, their quality, and development practices.

No more Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, or ARM task

By leveraging workload profiles and WinGet

What's Changed Fix unnecessary elevation on export Microsoft.Windows/FirewallRuleList by @Gijsreyn in #1525 docs: Add known issue for numeric string coercion in Windows PowerShell by @Gijsreyn in ...

And the ones you want to keep using in your automation flows

Configure Git in a way you might not have seen before

DSC is growing up with what-if, lambdas, and TOML

The months are passing by this year, and we're already in May 2026. If you expected one release to land, you might be disappointed. Because actually, it was two! The last release (v0.43.8) reverted o...

What's Changed (MAINT) FIx clippy for Rust projects by @michaeltlombardi in #1466 Misc fixes for firewall and types by @SteveL-MSFT in #1464 Fix dism resources to work on Windows arm64 by @SteveL-...

This is a preview build of WinGet for those interested in trying out upcoming features and fixes. While it has had some use and should be free of major issues, it may have bugs or usability problem...

The origin story of the LibreDsc GitHub organization from a rejected pull request

This post announces the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.2.0, with new Windows resources, Bicep gRPC integration, WhatIf support, expression language improvements...

Because “desired state” without enforcement is just a suggestion

This post shares context on the delayed timing of the PowerShell 7.6 release, our learnings, and the changes the team has already begun making to improve release predictability and transparency.

Think DSC 3.2 is just a minor bump? These 5 changes might change how you write and deploy configurations.

Learn how to speed up discovery for PowerShell DSC resources

What's Changed Enable getting adapted resource schema by @SteveL-MSFT in #1401 Add Subsystem and SubsystemList Resources by @tgauth in #1367 Fix build by updating apt catalog by @SteveL-MSFT in #1...

It’s been a while since I last published an Azure Bicep updates edition. But both the Bicep team and community certainly haven't been standing still. In this edition, we're going to catch up with two ...

Why Bicep support never truly disappeared