azRras

Desired State Configuration

Powershell since version 7.2 no longer comes bundled with PSDesiredStateConfiguration module, so one need to install it:

Install-Module -Name PSDesiredStateConfiguration -Repository PSGallery

Bicep template deployment

To deploy Bicep template run:

$deploymentParams = @{
  Name = "<deployment-name>"
  ResourceGroupName = "<resource-group-name>"
  TemplateFile = "mainTemplate.bicep"
  TemplateParameterFile = "mainTemplate.parameters.json"
}
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment @deploymentParams

Notes

DSC extension on AzVM with ARM

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-template

Custom script extension on AzVM with ARM

https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/blob/master/quickstarts/microsoft.compute/vm-custom-script-windows/azuredeploy.json

Ms Reference: https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/3/1/43113F44-548B-4DEA-B471-0C2C8578FBF8/Quick_Reference_DSC_WS12R2.pdf