Summary: How do I keep my servers configured correctly?
I can write Windows PowerShell scripts to configure my machines, but how do I enforce these configurations
after the script has finished?
This situation is called "configuration drift." You’ve set up your server properly, and then over time,
little changes are made that lead to an unknown production state. To manage configuration drift,
use Desired State Configuration (DSC).
DSC allows you to write your desired configuration in an easy-to-understand
form, and then DSC takes care of periodically checking the state of your server to see if it matches the desired
state. If it doesn’t, you can configure DSC to automatically fix the issues, or to simply report that something
has changed.
Note Today’s PowerTip is provided by Windows PowerShell MVP, Dave Wyatt.
