Bicep never left: The peaceful return of Microsoft DSC support Why Bicep support never truly disappeared

Great blog post by @gijsreijn.bsky.social on what's happening with Bicep and DSCv3 www.idontlikeai.dev/bicep-never-...

The Committee hasn't had a need to meet for awhile due to the Working Groups doing what they need to do in their respective areas. What gap do you see that needs some community members in the Committee that isn't sufficient in a WG?

The Committee still exists, however, with the Working Groups, we haven't had anything that has bubbled up to the Committee that needed attention at that level. Keep in mind that many of the Committee members are also Working Group members.

PowerShell, OpenSSH, and DSC team investments for 2026 - PowerShell Team Planned team investments for 2026 for PowerShell, OpenSSH, DSC, and related tooling.

2026 team investments blog post is out!
devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/p...

💡 DSCv3+MCP
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Release v3.2.0-preview.4 · PowerShell/DSC What's Changed Update Resource schema to match ARM by @SteveL-MSFT in #995 Add new comparison operators by @Gijsreyn in #990 Enable passing Bicep files directly to dsc by @SteveL-MSFT in #997 Add ...

DSC-3.2.0-preview.4 is out! github.com/PowerShell/D...

Thanks to @gijsreijn.bsky.social for his many contributions!

Introducing MCP Support in AI Shell Preview 6 - PowerShell Team We're excited to share the latest preview release of AI Shell that includes new features and improvements based on your feedback.

If you're not already using AIShell, check out Preview.6 which adds support as a MCP client enabling agents to use MCP tools! devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/p...

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I should also say that DSCv3 is a platform while Intune is a solution. We are talking to partner teams within Microsoft for complete solutions, but nothing to announce at this time.

If Intune works for you, then no need to switch. DSC v3 is cross-platform and targeting Server and Client scenarios while Intune is intended for Client only.

Release v3.2.0-preview.3 · PowerShell/DSC What's Changed Add default shell support to sshdconfig by @tgauth in #907 Fix trace message for function result by @SteveL-MSFT in #955 Suppress Windows PowerShell progress by @ThomasNieto in #964...

DSC 3.2-preview.3 is out! github.com/PowerShell/D...

Full changelog above, but some highlights:

- `secret()` function and extensions support
- `condition` property support
- resources can return `_restartRequired` metadata (system, service, process)
- PSScript resource (both WinPS5.1 and PS7)

PowerShell-RFC/CommunityCall at master · PowerShell/PowerShell-RFC RFC (Request for Comments) documents for community feedback on design changes and improvements to PowerShell ecosystem - PowerShell/PowerShell-RFC

Don't forget the PowerShell/OpenSSH Community Call is today! aka.ms/pscommunityc...

Release v3.2.0-preview.2 · PowerShell/DSC What's Changed Add notes for contributing by @Gijsreyn in #919 Add reference documentation for Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo by @Gijsreyn in #902 Add description to Echo resource by @SteveL-MSFT in #91...

DSC v3.2.0-preview.2 is out github.com/PowerShell/D...

Main feature for resource authors to test out is ability for resources to return metadata github.com/PowerShell/D...

Move PS content out of OneDrive by jshigetomi · Pull Request #388 · PowerShell/PowerShell-RFC This pull request proposes a new RFC (RFC0066) to change the default location of PowerShell user content on Windows machines from OneDrive to the AppData directory. The goal is to align PowerShell ...

Last chance to review and add your feedback on RFC to propose how to move PS content out of MyDocuments (aka OneDrive): github.com/PowerShell/P...

Release v3.2.0-preview.1 · PowerShell/DSC What's Changed Add support to read parameters from STDIN by @SteveL-MSFT in #863 Convert pending reboot to object by @Gijsreyn in #859 Add pass-through output format for dsc resource get by @Steve...

DSC 3.2-preview.1 is out! github.com/PowerShell/D...

We continue to focus on partner and customer feedback as well as completing our Bicep integration work.

Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.1.0 - PowerShell Team This post announces the release of Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.1.0. We discuss the features and benefits of DSC and how it differs from PowerShell DSC.

Blog post by @jasonhelmick.bsky.social on the DSC 3.1 GA release! devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/a...

DSC 3.1.0 is now Generally Available! github.com/PowerShell/D...

Thanks to all the community contributions as issues and PRs! Expect a blog post on this coming soon! We will quickly move to 3.2 previews most likely next week.

DSC 3.1-RC.1 is out! github.com/PowerShell/D...

Please test and open issues as we head towards GA and 3.2-previews will happen immediately after.

DSCv3.1-preview.7 is out! Many thanks to Gijs on his contributions to the PSAdapter!

github.com/PowerShell/D...

Release v3.1.0-preview.6 · PowerShell/DSC What's Changed Fix exporting an adapted resource by @SteveL-MSFT in #789 Add shebang to build.ps1 so it's runnable by @andyleejordan in #801 Allow workaround for class-based WinPS by @Gijsreyn in ...

DSC-3.1-preview.6 released. Contains some great community contributions improving the #PowerShell adapter github.com/PowerShell/D...

Co-presented with Demetrius as #Build this morning on WinGet+DSC

Great session from @steve--lee.bsky.social & @denelon.bsky.social on #Winget configure & #dsc (not just a #PowerShell tool anymore)

I couldn't help but add a few comments to the PR Steve showed as, at the same time as he was going thru it from sunny ☀️ UK 🇬🇧.

I ❤️ ability to contribute from anywhere

They are always recorded and posted on our YouTube channel afterwards

Reminder that the monthly #PowerShell and Windows OpenSSH Community call is today at 9:30a PDT! aka.ms/pscommunityc...

Release v3.1.0-preview.5 · PowerShell/DSC What's Changed Add equals() function by @SteveL-MSFT in #770 Add check in PS Adapter in case property is $null by @SteveL-MSFT in #769 Fix adapter configuration set which returns result, but needs...

DSC 3.1.0-preview.5 is out! github.com/PowerShell/D...

Thanks to community members for their contributions particularly in using the previews and opening issues!

It’s not clear to me what the concern is regarding the projects my team owns. OpenSSH itself is owned by OpenBSD. My team maintains the Windows fork.

PowerShell, OpenSSH, and DSC team investments for 2025 - PowerShell Team Planned team investments for 2025 for PowerShell, OpenSSH, DSC, and related tooling.

Sorry for the delay, but finally got the team investments for 2025 blog post out! devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/p...

Release 1.24.0 · PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer What's Changed Breaking Changes Minimum required PowerShell version raised from 3 to 5.1 Drop v3 and v4 support from build by @andyleejordan in #2081 New Features Add new options (enabled by def...

New #PSScriptAnalyzer release today
github.com/PowerShell/P...

You're right, I completely forgot! I'll work on it this week and try to get it out by end of month.

Release v0.34.44 · Azure/bicep Features and Bug Fixes Use languageVersion 2.0 when an existing resource has an explicit dependency (#16670) Validate regex patterns against non-backtracking engine (#16687) Generate deterministic...

Next release of Bicep will have experimental DSCv3 support! github.com/Azure/bicep/...

This is just the first of many steps, but you can now author DSCv3 config using Bicep (don't try loops, won't work). There's still lots of work left to have more natural integration including intellisense.