| title | ms.date | keywords | description | ms.topic | author | manager | ms.prod |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DSC Resources |
2016-05-16 |
powershell,DSC |
article |
eslesar |
dongill |
powershell |
Applies To: Windows PowerShell 4.0, Windows PowerShell 5.0
Desired State Configuration (DSC) Resources provide the building blocks for a DSC configuration. A resource exposes properties that can be configured (schema) and contains the PowerShell script functions that the Local Configuration Manager (LCM) calls to "make it so".
A resource can model something as generic as a file or as specific as an IIS server setting. Groups of like resources are combined in to a DSC Module, which organizes all the required files in to a structure that is portable and includes metadata to identify how the resources are intended to be used.
The following topics describe DSC resources: