Release history for the Azure DSC Extension

Last August we introduced the Azure Desired State Configuration (DSC) Extension, which can be used to upload and apply a DSC configuration on an Azure VM. We will use this blog post to keep a history of the different releases with short descriptions of the changes introduced in each release. We will update this post as we release new updates to the extension.

Version 1.5

• Release date: 11/20/2014
• OS support: Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012
• Remarks: This version installs the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview November 2014.
• New features:
  • Uses the latest WMF 5.0 Preview, with added support for Windows Server 2012.
  • Improvements downloading large *.ZIP packages
  • Bug fixes

Version 1.4

• Release date: 10/23/2014
• OS support: Windows Server 2012 R2
• Remarks: This version installs the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview September 2014.
• New features:
  • Integration with the Azure portal. See our blog post for more info.
  • Bug fixes

Version 1.3

• Release date: 10/13/2014
• OS support: Windows Server 2012 R2
• Remarks: This version installs the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview September 2014.
• New features:
  • Improvements on status reporting
  • Bug fixes

Version 1.2

• Release date: 10/7/2014
• OS support: Windows Server 2012 R2
• Remarks: This version installs the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview September 2014.
• New features:
  • Invokes Start-DscConfiguration with the –Force option
  • Improvements around reboot scenarios
  • Bug fixes

Version 1.1

• Release date: 9/8/2014
• OS support: Windows Server 2012 R2
• Remarks: This version installs the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview September 2014.
• New features:
  • Support for configuration arguments of type PSCredential. See our blog post for more info.
  • Update to Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview September 2014.

Version 1.0

• Release date: 8/1/2014
• OS support: Windows Server 2012 R2
• Remarks: This version installs the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview May 2014.
• New features: Please see our initial blog post for more information.

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