better together: microsoft azure virtual machines & powershell desired state configuration

$featureName = "telnet-client"

$result = Get-WindowsFeature $featurename

if ($result.InstallState -eq "Installed") {

Write-host "$featureName already installed"}

else{

Write-host "$featureName is not installed, going to install it"Install-WindowsFeature $featureName

}

$node = "localhost"

Configuration SecondDimension{

node $node{

WindowsFeature TelnetClient{

Ensure = "Present"Name = "telnet-client"

} }

}

SecondDimensionStart-DscConfiguration -Wait -Verbose -Path .\SecondDimension -force

$subscriptionname = 'Платформы MSDN'$storageaccountname = 'dimensionsstg'$configurationpath = 'C:\Dimensions\Dimensions.ps1'$vmname = 'Dimensions-SP1'$servicename = 'dimensions'$configurationarchive = 'Dimensions.ps1.zip'$configurationname = 'Dimensions'

#Select subscriptionSelect-AzureSubscription $subscriptionname

#Select storage account where DSC configuration will be storedSet-AzureSubscription $subscriptionname -CurrentStorageAccountName $storageaccountname

#Upload configuration into the storage account. Publish-AzureVMDscConfiguration -ConfigurationPath $configurationpath -Force

#Apply DSC configuration to the $vmname$vmtoupdate = Get-AzureVM -Name $vmname -ServiceName $servicename$vmtoupdate = Set-AzureVMDSCExtension -VM $vmtoupdate `

–ConfigurationArchive $configurationarchive -ConfigurationName $configurationname$vmtoupdate | Update-AzureVM

Configuration Dimensions

{ Import-DscResource -ModuleName xSharepoint2010SP2

node 'localhost'{

xSharepoint2010SP2 Install{

Ensure = 'Present'Key = ‘ABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PQRST-12345'DownloadLink = 'https://enterurl.com/en_sharepoint_server_2010.iso'MD5FileHash = '16B6B4781336659A28898120F8EA603D'TempFolder = 'C:\Install'

}

} }

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http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/08/30/introducing-powershell-desired-state-configuration-dsc.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/08/07/introducing-the-azure-powershell-dsc-desired-state-configuration-extension.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249927.aspx

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/DSC-Resource-Kit-All-c449312d