New release: SharePointDsc v2.0 is a fact!

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After months of creating new resources, improving existing resources and implementing bugfixes, the time has finally come:

We will start the new year with a new major release of SharePointDsc, version 2.0! This new version is part of the December release of the DSC Resource kit, released on December 20th 2017.

 

This new major release contains a huge amount of improvements/fixes, including several breaking changes:

 

Improvement/Fixes in v2.0

  • General
    • Added VSCode workspace settings to meet coding guidelines
    • Corrected comment in CodeCov.yml
    • Fixed several PSScriptAnalyzer warnings
  • SPAppManagementServiceApp
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPBCSServiceApp
    • Added custom Proxy Name support
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPBlobCacheSettings
    • Update to set non-default or missing blob cache properties
  • SPContentDatabase
    • Fixed localized issue
  • SPDesignerSettings
    • Fixed issue where URL with capitals were not accepted correctly
  • SPDistributedCacheService
    • Fixed issue where reprovisioning the Distributed Cache did not work
  • SPFarm
    • Implemented ToDo to return Central Admin Auth mode
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPInstall
    • Updated to document the requirements for an English ISO
  • SPInstallPrereqs
    • Updated to document which parameter is required for which version of SharePoint
    • Added SharePoint 2016 example
  • SPLogLevel
    • New resource
  • SPMachineTranslationServiceApp
    • Added custom Proxy Name support
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPManagedMetadataAppDefault
    • New resource
  • SPManagedMetadataServiceApp
    • Update to allow the configuration of the default and working language
    • Fixed issue where the termstore could not be retrieved if the MMS service instance was stopped
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPMinRoleCompliance
    • New resource
  • SPPerformancePointServiceApp
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPProjectServer
    • New resources to add Project Server 2016 support:
      • SPProjectServerLicense, SPProjectServerAdditionalSettings,
      • SPProjectServerADResourcePoolSync, SPProjectServerGlobalPermissions,
      • SPProjectServerGroup, SPProjectServerTimeSheetSettings,
      • SPProjectServerUserSyncSettings, SPProjectServerWssSettings
  • SPSearchContentSource
    • Fixed examples
  • SPSearchIndexPartition
    • Fixed to return the RootFolder parameter
  • SPSearchServiceApp
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPSearchTopology
    • Updated to better document how the resource works
    • Fixed issue to only return first index partition to prevent conflicts with SPSearchIndexPartition
  • SPSecureStoreServiceApp
    • Fixed issue with not returning AuditEnabled parameter in Get method
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPServiceAppSecurity
    • Fixed issue with NullException when no accounts are configured in SharePoint
  • SPStateServiceApp
    • Added custom Proxy Name support
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPSubscriptionSettings
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPTrustedRootAuthority
    • Updated to enable using private key certificates.
  • SPUsageApplication
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPUserProfileProperty
    • Fixed two NullException issues
  • SPUserProfileServiceApp
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPUserProfileSynConnection
    • Fix an issue with ADImportConnection
  • SPWeb
    • Update to allow the management of the access requests settings
  • SPWebAppGeneralSettings
    • Added DefaultQuotaTemplate parameter
  • SPWebApplicationExtension
    • Update to fix how property AllowAnonymous is returned in the hashtable
  • SPWebAppPeoplePickerSettings
    • New resource
  • SPWebAppPolicy
    • Fixed issue where the SPWebPolicyPermissions couldn't be used twice with the exact same values
  • SPWebAppSuiteBar
    • New resource
  • SPWebApplication.Throttling
    • Fixed issue with where the RequestThrottling parameter was not applied
  • SPWordAutomationServiceApp
    • Fixed an issue where the instance name wasn't detected correctly
  • SPWorkflowService
    • New resource

 

Breaking changes in v2.0

The following changes will break 1.x configurations that use these resources:

 

  • SPAlternateUrl
    • Added the Internal parameter, which implied a change to the key parameters
  • SPCreateFarm
  • SPJoinFarm
  • SPManagedMetadataServiceApp
    • Changed implementation of resource. This resource will not set any defaults for the keyword and site collection term store. The new resource SPManagedMetadataServiceAppDefault has to be used for this setting.
  • SPShellAdmin
    • Updated so it also works for non-content databases
  • SPTimerJobState
    • Updated to make the WebAppUrl parameter a key parameter. The resource can now be used to configure the same job for multiple web applications. Also changed the Name parameter to TypeName, due to a limitation with the SPTimerJob cmdlets
  • SPUserProfileProperty
    • Fixed an issue where string properties were not created properly
  • SPUSerProfileServiceApp
    • Updated to remove the requirement for CredSSP
  • SPUserProfileSyncService
    • Updated to remove the requirement for CredSSP
  • SPWebAppAuthentication
    • New resource
  • SPWebApplication
    • Changed implementation of the Web Application authentication configuration. A new resource has been added and existing properties have been removed
  • SPWebApplicationExtension
    • Updated so it infers the UseSSL value from the URL
    • Changed implementation of the Web Application authentication configuration. A new resource has been added and existing properties have been removed

 

A huge thanks to the following guys for contributing to this project:

Brian Farnhill, Nik Charlebois, Mike Lacher, Damian Wiese, Andi Krueger, Yvan Duhamel

 

 

Let us know in the comments what you think of this new release!

 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! See you next year!

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