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Desired State Configuration
This page contains Windows bias
About This Page
This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
Detected Bias Types
powershell_heavy
windows_first
windows_tools
missing_linux_example
Summary
The documentation page demonstrates a strong Windows bias. Troubleshooting steps, examples, and tools are almost exclusively presented in terms of PowerShell DSC, Windows event logs, and Windows-specific cmdlets. Windows tools (e.g., xDscDiagnostics, w32tm) and Azure portal workflows are described in detail, while Linux troubleshooting is only briefly mentioned in a single scenario. Linux-specific errors, logs, and remediation steps are largely absent, and Linux onboarding is referenced only as a link, not with explicit examples or guidance.
Recommendations
- Provide Linux-specific troubleshooting steps and examples for common scenarios, including log locations, error messages, and remediation commands.
- Include parity for Linux onboarding, configuration, and agent registration, with explicit instructions and sample commands (e.g., shell commands, systemd service checks, certificate management on Linux).
- Reference Linux equivalents for Windows tools (e.g., show how to check time sync on Linux, parse DSC logs, manage certificates).
- Ensure that Linux scenarios are presented alongside Windows scenarios, not only as afterthoughts or links.
- Where PowerShell is used, clarify if and how PowerShell Core can be used on Linux, or provide alternative native Linux approaches.
- Expand documentation for Linux retirement and alternatives, given the end-of-life announcements.
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Scan History
| Date | Scan | Status | Result |
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| 2026-01-13 06:17 | #107 | completed |
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| 2026-01-12 00:00 | #99 | completed |
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| 2026-01-11 06:20 | #98 | completed |
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| 2026-01-11 00:00 | #95 | cancelled |
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| 2026-01-10 00:00 | #92 | completed |
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| 2026-01-09 00:00 | #87 | cancelled |
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| 2026-01-06 22:28 | #78 | completed |
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| 2025-12-29 18:00 | #48 | cancelled |
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| 2025-12-15 00:00 | #7 | completed |
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| 2025-12-14 05:05 | #6 | completed |
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Flagged Code Snippets
An error occurred while deleting the DSC configuration '<name>'. Error-details: The argument configurationName with the value <name> is not valid. Valid configuration names can contain only letters, numbers, and underscores. The name must start with a letter. The length of the name must be between 1 and 64 characters.
The attempt to get the action from server https://<url>//accounts/<account-id>/Nodes(AgentId=<agent-id>)/GetDscAction failed because a valid configuration <guid> cannot be found.
Registration of the Dsc Agent with the server
https://<location>-agentservice-prod-1.azure-automation.net/accounts/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
failed. The underlying error is: Failed to register Dsc Agent with AgentId
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 with the server
https://<location>-agentservice-prod-1.azure-automation.net/accounts/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/Nodes(AgentId='00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000').
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidResult: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RegisterDscAgentCommandFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Commands.RegisterDscAgentCommand
+ PSComputerName : <computerName>
VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'Microsoft.Powershell.DSC / Registration of the Dsc Agent with the server failed.
$certs = @()
$certs += dir cert:\localmachine\my | ?{$_.FriendlyName -like "DSC"}
$certs += dir cert:\localmachine\my | ?{$_.FriendlyName -like "DSC-OaaS Client Authentication"}
$certs += dir cert:\localmachine\CA | ?{$_.subject -like "CN=AzureDSCExtension*"}
"";"== DSC Certificates found: " + $certs.Count
$certs | FL ThumbPrint,FriendlyName,Subject
If (($certs.Count) -gt 0)
{
ForEach ($Cert in $certs)
{
RD -LiteralPath ($Cert.Pspath)
}
}
Compilation completed successfully, but no node configuration **.mof** files were generated.
System.InvalidOperationException error processing property 'Credential' of type <some resource name>: Converting and storing an encrypted password as plaintext is allowed only if PSDscAllowPlainTextPassword is set to true.
VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'Microsoft.Powershell.DSC'. Error message: \"DSC COnfiguration 'RegistrationMetaConfigV2' completed with error(s). Following are the first few: Registration of the Dsc Agent with the server <url> failed. The underlying error is: The attempt to register Dsc Agent with Agent Id <ID> with the server <url> return unexpected response code BadRequest. .\".
This event indicates that failure happens when LCM is processing the configuration. ErrorId is 1. ErrorDetail is The SendConfigurationApply function did not succeed.. ResourceId is [resource]name and SourceInfo is ::nnn::n::resource. ErrorMessage is A general error occurred, not covered by a more specific error code..