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Module 3: Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server > Unit: Use DSC to configure Windows Server
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- 1What is Desired State Configuration (DSC)?A PowerShell based management platform that you can use to manage:
- Operating Systems
- Applications - 2Which 3 components does DSC consist of?- Configurations
- Resources
- Local Configuration Manager (LCM) - 3What are DSC Configurations?Declarative PowerShell scripts that configure and define targets.
- 4What are DSC Resources?Contains the code that defines and applies the desired configuration state of the resource
- 5What is the Local Configuration Manager (LCM)?This is the main execution engine of DSC scriptsthat applies the configurations on a system
- 6Do you need to install anything to use DSC?No, powershell DSC is included in Windows
- 7Name 3 things LCM is responsible for- Coordinating the implementation of settings
- Monitoring the ongoing status of those settings
- Updating the state of a computer to match a desired state - 8Every time the LCM runs, it completes 3 steps. Name those steps.- Get: Retrieves the current state of the computer
- Test: Test the current state of the computer against the desired state
- Set: Updates the computer's configuration to match the desired state. - 9In which 2 modes can DSC be deployed?- Push Mode
- Pull Mode - 10What is DSC Push Mode?In this mode the desired configurations are send (or pushed) to the managed computers.
- 11What is DSC Pull Mode?In this mode a Pull server hold the configuration information. The LCM polls the Pull server every 15 mins to get the latest configuration
- 12What 2 deployment options can you use for a DSC Pull server?- Windows Server
- Azure Automation Desired State Configuration - 13Which Operating System is required to use DSC?- Windows Server 2012 R2 or higher
- Windows 8.1 or higher - 14Which feature must be enabled on managed computers to use DSC?Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
- 15After creating a DSC configuration script (.ps1), what next action must be done?Compile the script in a .mof file
- 16What PowerShell configuration is required to run DSC (even on a localhost)?PowerShell Remoting
- 17Which Cmdlet is used to apply the DSC configuration?Start-DscConfiguration
- 18Which Cmdlet is used to verify the succes of the DSC configuration?Get-DscConfigurationStatus
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