June 2025 marked the v3.1.0 release of Microsoft DSC. Fast-forwarding, and I'm happy to see v3.2.0 has just been released! Thanks to the whole DSC team for the amazing features being delivered and the callout on the official announcement at: devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/a...

New team, new challenges, but same curiosity to figure things out. After a quiet period, I'm back with a new blog post on the Rabo Tech Blog. This time, on how I stepped into a new team and what it takes to manage Unity at scale: rabobank.jobs/en/techblog/...

You probably know that Microsoft DSC intentionally left the enforcement part to other tools. Yet, there isn't one available... or is there? OpenDSC project just had a boost a couple of weeks ago, and I tried the very first pull server for Microsoft DSC: www.idontlikeai.dev/why-opendsc-...

We posted our PS7.6 Postmortem regarding the delay of GA: devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/p...

More than 10+ preview releases have been brought to us between v3.1 and the upcoming v3.2 of Microsoft DSC. And some of those important things in those releases might have easily slipped your attention. Want to know 5 important changes? I wrote about it: www.idontlikeai.dev/the-5-things...

PowerToys has a ton of settings you can configure, and often they're overlooked... So that's why I contributed a bunch of documentation on how you can configure them in a "different" way (and hopefully easier). Check it out on GitHub: github.com/microsoft/Po...

Ever wondered how you can speed up the discovery process of your PowerShell DSC resources through Microsoft's DSC engine? I wrote a short blog post on a new feature that introduced "adapted resource manifests": www.idontlikeai.dev/how-adapted-... Shoutout to @steve--lee.bsky.social for the work!

One more preview release to go to yet another official release of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC), but v3.2.0-preview.13 just dropped yesterday! This release is packaged with new built-in resources for Windows and two for SSH! github.com/PowerShell/D...

After switching internally in Rabobank, I didn't have much time to write around Bicep. But, having missed some editions to write, I wrote a blog post covering v0.41.2 and v0.40.2 with some real-world use cases: www.idontlikeai.dev/azure-bicep-...

Was it truly actually gone, or... Microsoft's DSC Bicep support was dropped in 3.2.0-preview.12, but that was the extension-based model. Behind the scenes, @andyleejordan.com worked on something else! I wrote about it on my blog post: www.idontlikeai.dev/bicep-never-... #bicep #microsoftdsc

Just fresh from the shelf, a new Microsoft DSC preview.12 release brought to you by the DSC team: github.com/PowerShell/D... Now the new PowerShell adapters are correctly shipped, new helper functions, gRPC for Bicep, and many more. Go check it out!

Are you still sitting on these old legacy MOF files for Desired State Configuration (DSC)? It was time to do something about it, and that's why I wrote a PowerShell module to transition from this formation. Here's how I did it: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-effor...

You give someone your house keys. You get them back. Turns out they still have access. That’s what happened in our Azure Databricks environment. Here’s how we fixed it with Azure Functions + Python www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-use-a...

My VS Code Completion Extension for DSC is officially here! Say goodbye to typos and hello to easily getting suggestions while you type: Check out my blog how it works: www.idontlikeai.dev/i-developed-...

Tonight, I will give a session at the Azure Bicep community call. It will cover an update on the Bicep console and how you can use it with GitHub Copilot agents! ⌚️ 9 AM PST / 6 PM CET / 5 PM BST 🔗 Sign up here: github.com/Azure/bicep/...

Bicep extension support for Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) was deprecated and will not be coming in the next releases. So, what do you do if that was the authoring experience you were looking for? You build yourself a VSCode "completer provider" extension:

It was time to remake one of the most popular DSC PowerShell module seen in the community: SQLServerDSC. The module still stands strong as of today, but it was time to put it in a "new jacket." www.idontlikeai.dev/remaking-sql...

If you ever have that thought to contribute to open-source, but find it pretty nerve-wracking... I had the same. However, I still did it as I wanted to rewrite my own module on purpose, and this article was the result of it: www.idontlikeai.dev/i-rewrote-my...

Is there a new competitor for managing Windows Updates? ... or is it just looking at it with a different lens? Microsoft's DSC project just launched a new resource to retrieve and manage Windows Update. I wrote a small blog post on it: www.idontlikeai.dev/using-the-ne...

A small list of changes, but with a new built-in resource (Windows Update) and two improved adapters (single mode/configurable adapters). Check out the release at: github.com/PowerShell/D...

I just created a quick tutorial on how you can easily perform post-configurations after you've created an Azure VM with Windows Server 2025 using WinGet and Microsoft DSC: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-confi...

Did you know you can now use .bicepparam files in Microsoft DSC? Yes, preview.9 already gave us a glimpse, but the extension manifest was not packaged. With the new release published yesterday, the file is packaged, and you can use it with tons of improvements: github.com/PowerShell/D...

Ever joined a new company and been told: "Just set up Databricks like production." There were no docs, no automation, just months of UI clicks. What if you could export the entire Databricks configuration as code instead? I created a quick blog post: i-dont-like-ai.ghost.io/ghost/#/post...

There's an experimental big deal in one of the newer versions of Databricks' CLI... The Terraform provider is no longer required for Asset Bundles. It was about time: www.idontlikeai.dev/no-more-terr...

Python DABs has officially launched GA, and I wanted to test it out with the new mutator functionality with a focus on platform engineers. I wrote about it on: www.idontlikeai.dev/the-platform...

Microsoft DSC v3.2.0-preview.9 has been released with some amazing highlights. This update introduces a new MCP tool for configuration documents, improves parameter merging, and introduces new ARM functions. Check out the release at: github.com/PowerShell/D...

Today's the official start of the "Festive Tech Calendar 2025," and I wanted to be on time. Thanks to Gregor Suttie for his amazing support and work. Here's my blog post for today: www.idontlikeai.dev/declarative-... #festivetechcalendar2025

One of my readers asked me about a previous article I wrote about diagrams: "Why haven't you added any visuals?" It was a fair question! I went back to the D2 documentation and grabbed the pen again. Now, I created a step-by-step guide with visuals: www.idontlikeai.dev/d2-in-action...

WinGet Studio was publicly released during Ignite and replaces a core component of the retired DevHome. I have written a short blog on getting started with WinGet Studio: www.idontlikeai.dev/getting-star...

Over the weekend, I released a couple of updates to the DatabricksDsc module. It now includes four more DSC class-based resources to manage identities and configurations in Unity. To see the full changelog, check out: github.com/Gijsreyn/Dat...

Did you know there's a new experimental feature (not released yet) in Azure Bicep? You can now use `this()` namespace in your Bicep files. I wrote a short blog post around it: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-use-t...

I have just published a new PowerShell module: DatabricksDsc. This module allows you to create specific configurations in Databricks. If you want a quick introduction, I wrote a blog post on it: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-deplo...

Two major updates: WinGet Studio launched, and I was able to be one of the early testers. Then, because I participated early in the process, I added it to my book "WinGet and Beyond". leanpub.com/wingetandbey... A huge thanks to @denelon.bsky.social for his foreword!

I wish I'd known this before writing four books on Leanpub... My writing setup, explained in a short blog post: www.idontlikeai.dev/the-ultimate...

I wondered if it's easy to hook my scripts into the Azure Pipelines formatting commands without too much hassle... In my new blog, I wrote a simple wrapper function. Check it out: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-auto-...

I always find it quite a tedious task to calculate IP ranges, CIDRs, gateways, and more in my network configurations... That's why I can now rely on the same functionality Bicep uses in Microsoft DSC. I wrote a quick how-to use it: www.idontlikeai.dev/automation-i...

I've worked on multiple open-source projects and encountered issues restoring from private feeds. That's why I went a little deep dive and actually found out quickly a feature I didn't know existed. Check out my new blog on how I solved it: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-manag...

DSC v3.2.0-preview.8 is out! I've been chipping away at this one for a while. Added some network functions (CIDR parsing!), array helpers, and parameter validation. Also documented tryGet(), which I'd been meaning to do: github.com/PowerShell/D...

Ever find yourself choosing between three Databricks tools and not know which to choose? We debated about it for a while and thought of writing up a small blog post with the lessons learned: www.idontlikeai.dev/i-tried-thre...

Are you wrestling with PowerShell module installations across your environment? In the weekend, I had time to play with an unreleased DSC resource that drastically simplified this process and wrote about it: www.idontlikeai.dev/stop-wrestli...

Still manually updating your Azure diagrams? There’s a better way. You can easily automate them. Here's how: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-fix-y...

I finally had time to play with the new functionality @jan.ohmyposh.dev created in Oh My Posh and contributed some docs on it as well. If you're looking for an automated way to configure your terminals, I wrote a quick blog about it: www.idontlikeai.dev/i-documented...

Bicep already has a couple of ways to provide secure parameter values, but in the upcoming v0.39+ release, another might be added. I thought I would give this one a try and wrote a blog about it: www.idontlikeai.dev/using-inline...

Declaring parameters in PSDSC has always been a struggle. But Microsoft DSC changes this, and there are multiple ways of doing it. In this short blog post, I'll show you how: www.idontlikeai.dev/working-with...

Finished writing my new course: " From Bicep Local Deploy Fundamentals to Custom Extensions" It takes you from setup to advanced extension development with bicep-local-docgen for testing & documentation. Plus knowledge checks in every module. www.idontlikeai.dev/courses/buil...

I use WSL instances on my machine in VSCode to test and develop scripts, as well as to easily test Linux-based applications on my Windows machine. In this blog post, I will show how the Module works and make managing WSL easier. #PowerShell #WSL powershellisfun.com/2025/10/31/m...

Having struggles maintaining multi-scope RBAC assignments in Bicep? There's now one module to rule them all, developed in the AVM repository. I took a quick look at how it works and wrote about it: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-perfo...

I was able to pick up the pen again and continue writing "Testing your Bicep Local Deploy extension" in my module course. If you're interested in how you can test your Local Deploy extensions, take a look: www.idontlikeai.dev/courses/buil...

The worlds of Bicep and Microsoft DSC are colliding together, positively... Authoring configuration documents has been hard, but with Bicep types, it's getting better and better. Check out my post where I do a deep dive: www.idontlikeai.dev/how-bicep-is...

PowerShell DSC v3.2.0-preview.7 is out! New functions like trim(), items(), last(), json(), and more, better schema handling, and significant improvements to GitHub workflows. Shoutout to Mikey on the MS team. Glad to have pushed in many myself Read the full release at: github.com/PowerShell/D...