TMT01 Desired State Configuration: An Administrator's Overview

11/18/2014

9:30am - 10:45am

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Don Jones

MVP

Curriculum Director for IT Pro Content

Pluralsight

In this session, PowerShell guru Don Jones teaches you how to get started using DSC IMMEDIATELY in your production, test, or lab environments.

Microsoft has made a splash with Desired State Configuration (DSC), a new configuration management technology that lets you tell computers how you want them configured, and then sit back and watch them do it – and maintain that state – without any effort on your part. It's a major change in how we manage computers, and it's already moving into production environments like gangbusters. It'll be easy to get left behind, so NOW is the time to learn what it's all about. PowerShell guru Don Jones teaches you how to get started using DSC IMMEDIATELY in your production, test, or lab environments. It's easier than you might think, so jump on board!

You will learn:
  • How to architect DSC in any environment
  • How to build configuration "scripts"
  • How to segment and modularize configurations