DSC Resources

The resources of desired state configuration provide the building blocks for the DSC configuration. The following are the basic built-in configuration resources of the Desired State Configuration:

• File: This resource is used to manage the files and folders on a node.
• Archive: It is used to decompress an archive in the .zip format.
• Registry: It manages the registry key of a node (except HKEY Users).
• Script: It is used to execute several PS commands on a node.
• User: This is used to manage a local user on a node.
• Log: The log resource writes a message in the DSC event log.
• Package: This resource installs or removing a package.
• WindowsFeature: It adds or removes a feature on a node.
• WindowsOptionalFeature: This resource adds or removes an optional feature.
• WindowsProcess: This resource of DSC manages a Windows process.
• Service: It is used to manage Windows services such as State, Startup Type.
• Environment: It manages system environment variables.

DSC Local Configuration Manager (LCM)

It is an engine of Desired State Configuration. The Local Configuration Manager is responsible for enacting and parsing configurations which are sent to the node. It controls all the executions of the DSC configurations.