Authoring DSC Resources

Applies To: PowerShell 7.2

PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) uses DSC Resources as standardized interfaces for managing the settings of a system. This article provides an overview of developing DSC Resources and links to articles with specific information and examples.

DSC Resource components

A DSC Resource is a PowerShell module. The module contains both the schema (the definition of the configurable properties) and the implementation (the code that does the actual work of managing settings) for the DSC Resource. A DSC Resource schema can be defined in a MOF file with the implementation in a script module or the schema and implementation can both be defined in a PowerShell class. The following articles describe in more detail how to create DSC Resources.

• Authoring a class-based DSC Resource
• Authoring a single-instance DSC Resource
• Authoring a MOF-based DSC Resource
• Authoring a composite DSC Resource

Review the DSC Resource authoring checklist to ensure you're developing reliable high-quality DSC Resources you and others can rely on.