In video number 45. Secure (HTTPS) DSC Pull Server with SQL Database using a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA), I setup an HTTPS DSC Pull server with a SQL backend using a gMSA to authenticate to SQL. We tested the Pull server simply by accessing the IIS website to...
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How to build a Secure (HTTPS) DSC Pull Server with a SQL Database using a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA)
You have seen on the interwebs many blog posts and videos about setting up a Secure DSC pull server with SQL authentication with a local SQL service account. What I have not seen is a tutorial for how to setup a secure DSC Pull Server with a SQL Database...
Advanced Auditing with PowerShell Desired State Configuration Manager (DSC)
Greetings interweb. It’s been a while but I’m back with a new video finally. This video focuses on Desired State Configuration Manager (DSC) and how to configure Advanced Auditing using DSC. You can certainly configure DSC using a group policy object (GPO). My use case for this is if...
How to view PowerShell Desired State Configuration Manager resource properties
Since my two previous Desired State Configuration Manager videos, I have gotten more than a few questions asking how to view a specific DSC resources properties. Unlike your typical PowerShell CMDlet, you can’t view properties of a DSC resource using Get-Member. To view DSC resource properties you have to...
PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) How-To for Beginners (Pull Mode)
This script will accomplish 3 things; configure a pull server, create a basic configuration to be pulled by a target node, and create a Local Configuration Manager configuration for the target node. Execute the following code on the Pull Server. Create the mof to configure the target node. Execute...
PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) How-To for Beginners (Push Model)
In this video, I cover only a few very basic PowerShell Desired State Configuration Manager (DSC) concepts.1. The terminology2. How to create a Local Configuration Manager (LCM) configuration3. How to push the LCM configuration to the target node4. How to create a basic DSC configuration to maintain the MSExchangeTransport...