Importing resources for use in DSC

Before you can use a resource in a configuration, you must explicitly import it. Just having it installed on your computer, will not let you use the resource implicitly.

Import a resource by using Import-DscResource .

Example showing how to import the PSDesiredStateConfiguration resource and the File resource.

Configuration InstallPreReqs
{
   param(); # params to DSC goes here.

   Import-DscResource PSDesiredStateConfiguration 

   File CheckForTmpFolder {
        Type = 'Directory'
        DestinationPath = 'C:\Tmp'
        Ensure = "Present"
    }
 }

Note: In order for DSC Resources to work, you must have the modules installed on the target machines when running the configuration. If you don’t have them installed, the configuration will fail.