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In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Narayanan Lakshmanan from the PowerShell team about DSCNews  http://powershell.org/wp/community-events/summit/   The PowerShell Portland User Group is meeting April 15th   The Greater Milwaukee Script Club is meeting on April 15th   The Tampa PowerShell User Group is meeting on April 17th InterviewGuest - Narayanan LakshmananLinks  WMF5 Preview   DSC Resource Kit    Wave 1   Wave 2   DSC Resource Designer   Wave 3   All modules - download    Don Jones’ - The DSC ebook (free)   TechNet Virtual Lab: Desired State Configuration with Window Server 2012 R2    Chatroom Highlights: ### for a DSC noob, how well does it compare with Puppet?  Linux guys are pushing and I am not too familiar with it.  Does an IT shop need both?   ##DSC noob here too...any suggestions or some practical examples to gain some familiarity?   ## when can we expect to get resources written by other product teams?   ##Will Test-TargetResource tell you what's deviating if it fails?   ## will MS require the various teams to provide DSC resources (aka stop-ship, like they did with powerShell cmdlets)   ##When will the DscResourceDesigner's Test-DscResource handle more complex schema.mofs?   ##What's failing is the wave resources that you've released fail to validate with Test-DscResource   ## How far downlevel will WMF5 be supported?  2008R2?   ### What is N for WMF5?   totally unrelatedâ€¦on win 8.1, how would one get past â€œaccess deniedâ€ when trying to use location services (like this: http://www.verboon.info/2013/10/powershell-script-get-computergeolocation/)  http://youtu.be/JM7e5tsYOi8   http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014

In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Narayanan Lakshmanan from the PowerShell team about DSCNews <ul> <li> <a href="http://powershell.org/wp/community-events/summit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://powershell.org/wp/community-events/summit/</a> </li> <li> The <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powershell-portland-user-group-poshpug-tickets-7869547027?aff=es2&amp;rank=5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PowerShell Portland User Group</a> is meeting April 15th </li> <li> The <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-milwaukee-script-club-tickets-509330421?aff=es2&amp;rank=6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greater Milwaukee Script Club</a> is meeting on April 15th </li> <li> The <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tampa-powershell-user-group-tickets-1634714475?aff=es2&amp;rank=7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tampa PowerShell User Group</a> is meeting on April 17th </li></ul>Interview Guest - Narayanan LakshmananLinks <ul> <li> <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WMF5 Preview</a> </li> <li> DSC Resource Kit </li> <ul> <li> <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/12/26/holiday-gift-desired-state-configuration-dsc-resource-kit-wave-1.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wave 1</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/07/need-more-dsc-resources-announcing-dsc-resource-kit-wave-2.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wave 2</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/xDscResourceDesigne-Module-22eddb29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DSC Resource Designer</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/03/28/dsc-resource-kit-wave-3.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wave 3</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/DSC-Resource-Kit-All-c449312d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All modules - download</a> </li> </ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/ebooks/tree/master/DSC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don Jones’ - The DSC ebook (free)</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://vlabs.holsystems.com/vlabs/technet?eng=VLabs&amp;auth=none&amp;src=microsoft.holsystems.com&amp;altadd=true&amp;labid=10068" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TechNet Virtual Lab: Desired State Configuration with Window Server 2012 R2</a> </li> </ul>  Chatroom Highlights: ### for a DSC noob, how well does it compare with Puppet?  Linux guys are pushing and I am not too familiar with it.  Does an IT shop need both? ##DSC noob here too...any suggestions or some practical examples to gain some familiarity? ## when can we expect to get resources written by other product teams? ##Will Test-TargetResource tell you what's deviating if it fails? ## will MS require the various teams to provide DSC resources (aka stop-ship, like they did with powerShell cmdlets) ##When will the DscResourceDesigner's Test-DscResource handle more complex schema.mofs? ##What's failing is the wave resources that you've released fail to validate with Test-DscResource ## How far downlevel will WMF5 be supported?  2008R2? ### What is N for WMF5? totally unrelatedâ€¦on win 8.1, how would one get past â€œaccess deniedâ€ when trying to use location services (like this: <a href="http://www.verboon.info/2013/10/powershell-script-get-computergeolocation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.verboon.info/2013/10/powershell-script-get-computergeolocation</a>/) <a href="http://youtu.be/JM7e5tsYOi8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/JM7e5tsYOi8</a> <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014</a>

Episode 265 - PowerScripting Podcast - Narayanan Lakshmanan from the PowerShell Team on DSC