Outliers

The declarative PowerShell Desired State Configuration extension supports easy and transparent configuration of systems and applications. We describe the fairly complex initial setup and use of the Microsoft 365 Desired State Configuration.

Nico Thiemer

In the Microsoft 365 environment, with its variety of configurations and multiple tenants to manage, Desired State Configuration (DSC) is an ideal way to track changes and reset a configuration to the desired state. Microsoft provides a great deal of information about the project [1], but in my experience, some of it is outdated. This article refers to the version available March 2022. Preparations for DSC Before setting up Microsoft 365 DSC (M365DSC), you need to create an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) application that you will use later to authenticate the PowerShell script. Alternatively, you could log in with a username and password; I will look at the advantages and disadvantages of these methods in detail. When authenticating with an Azure AD application, you use either a certificate you create…

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