xPSDesiredStateConfiguration

9.2.0

DSC resources for configuring common operating systems features, files and settings.

Minimum PowerShell version

4.0

There is a newer prerelease version of this module available.
See the version list below for details.

Installation Options

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using PowerShellGet More Info

Install-Module -Name xPSDesiredStateConfiguration -RequiredVersion 9.2.0

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet More Info

Install-PSResource -Name xPSDesiredStateConfiguration -Version 9.2.0

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Owners

Copyright

Package Details

Author(s)

DSC Community

Functions

Publish-DscModuleAndMof Publish-ModulesAndChecksum Publish-MofsInSource Publish-ModuleToPullServer Publish-MofToPullServer

DSCResources

xArchive xDSCWebService xEnvironment xGroup xMsiPackage xPackage xPSEndpoint xRegistry xRemoteFile xScript xService xUser xWindowsFeature xWindowsOptionalFeature xWindowsPackageCab xWindowsProcess xFileUpload xGroupSet xProcessSet xServiceSet xWindowsFeatureSet xWindowsOptionalFeatureSet

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

## [9.2.0] - 2024-10-15

### Fixed

- xGroup
- Fixed a bug where the resource would fail if any of the group members were local, virtual accounts. - Fixes [Issue #763](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/763)
- Fixed a bug where members with distinguished names that contained multiple domain components would only have the first domain component included in the account scope.
- Fixed a bug where members with distinguished names that contained an escaped comma would not be parsed correctly.
- Ensure group membership is always returned as an array - Fixes [Issue #353](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/353).
- xPackage
- Fixed a bug not allowing using the file hash of an installer [Issue #702](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/702).
- xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
- Updated CI pipeline to remove Azure DevOps deprecated Windows Server 2016
   image and add Windows Server 2022 - Fixes [Issue #752](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/752).
- Update description in README.md.
- Fixed build failures caused by changes in `ModuleBuilder` module v1.7.0
   by changing `CopyDirectories` to `CopyPaths` - Fixes [Issue #687](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/687).
- Pin `Pester` module to 4.10.1 because Pester 5.0 is missing code
   coverage - Fixes [Issue #688](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/688).
- xDSCWebService
- Fixed a bug where the variable ```DscWebServiceDefaultAppPoolName``` is not set in the resource xDSCWebService since version 9.0.0 as a result of module refactoring
- xRemoteFile
- Fixed message inconsistencies in `DSC_xRemoteFile.strings.psd1` - Fixes [Issue #716](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/716).
- xArchive
- Removed `Invoke-NewPSDrive` function because it is no longer needed as
   Pester issue has been resolved - Fixes [Issue #698](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/698).

### Changed

- xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
- Updated to use the common module _DscResource.Common_ - Fixes [Issue #685](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/685).
   - Improved integration test reliability by resetting the DSC LCM
     before executing each test using the `Reset-DscLcm`
     function - Fixes [Issue #686](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/686).
- Added build task `Generate_Conceptual_Help` to generate conceptual help
   for the DSC resource - Fixes [Issue #677](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/677).
- Added build task `Generate_Wiki_Content` to generate the wiki content
   that can be used to update the GitHub Wiki - Fixes [Issue #677](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/677).
- Updated `azure-pipelines.yml`, `build.yml`, `GitVersion.yml`, `Resolve-Dependency.ps1` and `Resolve-Dependency.psd1` to latest versions/patterns.
- xDSCWebService:
- Moved strings into localization file - Fixes [Issue #622](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/622).
- Corrected case of `CertificateThumbPrint` to `CertificateThumbprint`.
- Renamed `master` branch to `main` - Fixes [Issue #696](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/696).
- Updated `GitVersion.yml` to latest pattern - Fixes [Issue #707](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/707).
- Updated build to use `Sampler.GitHubTasks` - Fixes [Issue #711](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/711).
- Added support for publishing code coverage to `CodeCov.io` and
Azure Pipelines - Fixes [Issue #711](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/711).
- Updated vmImage used for build stage of CI to use `Windows-2019` to resolve
issues with Wiki Generation of `xUploadFile` composite resource on Linux agents.
- Added `Publish_GitHub_Wiki_Content` task to `publish` stage of build
pipeline - Fixes [Issue #729](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/729).
- Updated `.github` issue templates to standard - Fixes [Issue #732](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/732).
- Added `Create_ChangeLog_GitHub_PR` task to `publish` stage of build
pipeline.
- Added `SECURITY.md`.
- Updated pipeline `Deploy_Module` anb `Code_Coverage` jobs to use `ubuntu-latest`
images - Partially fixes - Fixes [Issue #735](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/735).
- Replaced the GitVersion task in the `azure-pipelines.yml` with
script - Fixes [Issue #746](https://github.com/dsccommunity/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/746).

FileList

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
9.2.1	18,765	11/11/2024
9.2.1-previe...	23	10/19/2024
9.2.0 (current version)	43,632	10/15/2024
9.2.0-previe...	918	11/11/2023
9.2.0-previe...	3,791	9/26/2021
9.2.0-previe...	74	9/25/2021
9.2.0-previe...	339	5/23/2021
9.2.0-previe...	102	4/21/2021
9.2.0-previe...	77	4/17/2021
9.2.0-previe...	422	12/30/2020
9.2.0-previe...	102	12/17/2020
9.1.1-previe...	118	12/6/2020
9.1.1-previe...	115	9/21/2020
9.1.1-previe...	86	8/31/2020
9.1.0	7,117,622	2/19/2020
9.1.0-previe...	80	2/19/2020
9.1.0-previe...	111	1/24/2020
9.0.1-previe...	81	1/24/2020
9.0.1-previe...	79	1/17/2020
9.0.0	312,402	1/15/2020
9.0.0-previe...	81	1/14/2020
9.0.0-previe...	86	1/10/2020
9.0.0-previe...	96	1/7/2020
8.10.0.0	1,008,621	9/19/2019
8.9.0.0	121,146	8/8/2019
8.8.0.0	146,612	6/26/2019
8.7.0.0	89,481	5/15/2019
8.6.0.0	123,479	4/3/2019
8.5.0.0	44,789	2/21/2019
8.4.0.0	380,064	7/25/2018
8.3.0.0	2,840,503	6/13/2018
8.2.0.0	2,810,893	4/20/2018
8.1.0.0	93,782	3/22/2018
8.0.0.0	424,609	11/15/2017
7.0.0.0	77,797	8/23/2017
6.4.0.0	56,042	5/9/2017
6.3.0.0	4,573	5/1/2017
6.2.0.0	6,159	4/19/2017
6.1.0.0	23,244	3/8/2017
6.0.0.0	21,914	2/3/2017
5.2.0.0	5,808	1/26/2017
5.1.0.0	7,176	12/17/2016
5.0.0.0	23,635	11/2/2016
4.0.0.0	21,983	9/21/2016
3.13.0.0	9,453	8/10/2016
3.12.0.0	5,387	6/30/2016
3.11.0.0	361	6/29/2016
3.10.0.0	7,091	5/18/2016
3.9.0.0	5,506	3/31/2016
3.8.0.0	928	3/19/2016
3.7.0.0	16,164	2/3/2016
3.6.0.0	3,439	12/3/2015
3.5.0.0	3,288	9/11/2015
3.4.0.0	874	7/24/2015
3.3.0.0	458	6/9/2015
3.2.0.0	451	5/2/2015
3.1.3.4	188	4/23/2015
3.0.3.4	949	12/18/2014
3.0.3.3	138	12/1/2014
3.0.3.0	178	11/10/2014
3.0.2.0	289	8/22/2014
3.0.1.0	173	7/22/2014
3.0.0.0	836	6/6/2014
2.0.1	197	5/13/2014
2.0.0.0	222	4/8/2014