CommonTasks

0.8.0-preview0004

DSC composite resource for https://github.com/dsccommunity/DscWorkshop

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5.1

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Copyright

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Package Details

Author(s)

  • DSC Community

Tags

DesiredStateConfiguration DSC DSCResource

DSCResources

AddsDomain AddsDomainController AddsDomainPrincipals AddsOrgUnitsAndGroups AddsProtectFromAccidentalDeletion AddsServicePrincipalNames AddsSiteLinks AddsSitesSubnets AddsTrusts AddsWaitForDomains AuditPolicies Bitlocker CertificateAuthorities CertificateExports CertificateImports ChocolateyPackages ChocolateyPackages2nd ChocolateyPackages3rd Cluster ComputerSettings ConfigurationBase ConfigurationManagerConfiguration ConfigurationManagerDeployment DfsNamespaces DhcpScopeOptions DhcpScopes DhcpServer DhcpServerOptionDefinitions DhcpServerOptions DiskAccessPaths Disks DnsServerAdZones DnsServerARecords DnsServerCNameRecords DnsServerConditionalForwarders DnsServerForwarders DnsServerLegacySettings DnsServerMxRecords DnsServerPrimaryZones DnsServerQueryResolutionPolicies DnsServerResponseRateLimiting DnsServerRootHints DnsServerSettings DnsServerZonesAging DscDiagnostic DscLcmController DscLcmMaintenanceWindows DscPullServer DscPullServerSql DscTagging EnvironmentVariables ExchangeAutoMountPoints ExchangeConfiguration ExchangeDagProvisioning ExchangeMailboxDatabaseCopies ExchangeMailboxDatabases ExchangeProvisioning FileContents FilesAndFolders FirewallProfiles FirewallRules HostsFileEntries HyperV IpConfiguration JeaEndpoints JeaRoles LocalGroups LocalUsers MmaAgent MountImages Network NetworkIpConfiguration OfficeOnlineServerFarmConfig OfficeOnlineServerMachineConfig OfficeOnlineServerSetup OpticalDiskDrives PowerPlans PowershellExecutionPolicies PowerShellRepositories RegistryPolicies RegistryValues RestartSystem Robocopies ScheduledTasks Scripts SecurityBase SecurityPolicies SharePointCacheAccounts SharePointContentDatabases SharePointManagedAccounts SharePointManagedPaths SharePointPrereq SharePointProvisioning SharePointServiceAppPools SharePointServiceInstances SharePointSetup SharePointSites SharePointWebApplications SmbShares SoftwarePackages SqlAGDatabases SqlAGListeners SqlAGReplicas SqlAGs SqlAliases SqlAlwaysOnServices SqlConfigurations SqlDatabases SqlEndpoints SqlLogins SqlPermissions SqlRoles SqlServer SwitchLcmMode UpdateServices VirtualMemoryFiles VSTSAgents WaitForAllNodes WaitForAnyNode WaitForSomeNodes Wds WebApplicationPools WebApplications WebBrowser WebConfigProperties WebConfigPropertyCollections WebSites WebVirtualDirectories WindowsEventForwarding WindowsEventLogs WindowsFeatures WindowsOptionalFeatures WindowsServices XmlContent

Dependencies

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Release Notes

## [0.8.0-preview0004] - 2022-06-10

### Added

- `PowershellExecutionPolicies` Composite for managing Powershell execution policies.
- `VSTSAgents` Composite for installing the Azure DevOps agents.
- `Robocopies` Composite for leveraging the Robocopy command.
- `VirtualMemoryFiles` Composite for adjusting the system page file via the resource `VirtualMemory` from the `ComputerManagementDsc` Module.
- `SharePointSetup` Composite for installing the SharePoint Prerequisits, Setup and optionally Language Packs.
- `AddsWaitForDomains` Composite for making sure a domain is reachable before going further.
- `CertificateExports` is used to export a certificate from the Windows certificate store.
- `AddsTrusts` Composite for establishing Forest trusts with more configuration options than using AddsDomain-property DomainTrusts.
- `FilesAndFolder` Add property to embed binary files into MOF.
- `SmbShares`  Add check and remove of duplicates from access properties in MOF.
- Update documentation
- `FileContents` Composite for managing file content.

### Changed

- Changed the build pipeline to Sampler.
 - Debugging Sampler migration:
   - Added 'Sampler.GitHubTasks'.
   - Moved DSCResources for faster build.
   - Removed dependencies for faster build.
- Fixed badges.
- Added back configurations and dependencies.
- Fixing issue with Cluster when only NodeMajority is used.
 - Fixed the fix: Quorum is not required in some SQL Always-On scenarios which did not work after the fix.
- Add new resource LocalUsers.
- Make DscLcmController independent from the DscDiagnostics resource.
- Add optional attributes to DscTagging resource.
- Update documentation.
- Applied HQRM standards.
- Fixing issue with AddsOrgUnitsAndGroups when OUs contain other non-word characters.
- Added MmaAgent to configure Microsoft Monitoring Agent.
- Added AddsServicePrincipalNames to configure SPNs.
- Disabling RebootNodeIfNeeded when LCM is on Monitor mode.
- Made 'WaitForClusterRetryIntervalSec' and 'WaitForClusterRetryCount' configurable in Cluster config.
- Added new configuration 'WebConfigPropertyCollections'.
- Fixed an issue with duplicate resource identifiers in 'WebConfigProperties'.
- Changed parameter 'Name' to 'Names' in 'WindowsFeatures' and 'WindowsOptionalFeatures' resources according to coding convention.
- Made the Office Online Server resources actually work and redesigned them.
 - Added 'OfficeOnlineServerMachineConfig' configuration.
- WindowsFeatures configuration does not longer install all sub features. If needed, use prefix '*'.
- Changed dependencies in 'OfficeOnlineServerSetup'.
- Added CertificateImports to import certificates.
- Added parameter 'CheckPrerequisites' to 'WindowsEventForwarding' resource.
- Fixed issue with names containing special characters in 'LocalUsers' and 'LocalGroups' resources.
- Fixed issue with quotation marks in 'SqlServer' resource.
- Fixed issue with inter-configuration DependsOn by removing DependsOn inside configurations
- Added remote desktop control to 'ComputerSettings'.
- Fixed an issue with DscLcmController, the RebootNodeIfNeeded property is not
set to false before the first execution of maintenance window.
- Fixed issue with DscLcmController, The RebootNodeIfNeeded property is not
set to true when the LCM is already in ApplyAndAutoCorrect mode.
- Fixed GitVersion depreciated version in azurepipeline.
- Fixed issue #156, switch plublish task to 'unbuntu-latest' vmimage.
- WindowsEventForwarding - replace localized system user names by SID to avoid problems on none english Windows systems
- Documentation update
- Removed DependsOn in ComputerSettings to ensure cross-configuration dependencies
- Migration of tests to Pester 5
- Added support for CimInstance parameters
- Fixed issue with Cluster composite ignoring the IgnoreNetwork parameter
- Fix #172 - RegistryPolicies: Error when Key or ValueName parameters contain bracket "()"

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