Cloud engineer by day, author and contributor to open-source projects at night Microsoft MVP Helping people to succeed in the Desired State Configuration landscapehttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mvuk3tghek2nAs part of my earlier post yesterday, it was time to get to work and write out some content. Then, of course, I had to read it through myself in the Pip-Boy mode on my blog. It's getting there!19 Sep 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuk3tghek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mvpw4sbcgc22I wasn't camping the repository, but just a few minutes ago, the official GA release of Microsoft DSC v3.3 dropped: https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/releases/tag/v3.3.0 I'm so thrilled to see a couple of my changes get landed by me!17 Sep 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpw4sbcgc22https://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mvjurog2u22yAre you able to run Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) already in Azure? With OpenDSC, you can manage a whole fleet. Yet, I had set up a lab environment with the following architecture. And the best part, its added to my book: https://leanpub.com/themicrosoftdschandbook15 Sep 2026 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjurog2u22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mvaotttrtc2mOof, there are already two release candidates out, so you know what's next in the story then. But before the official GA release, the new 3.4.0-preview.1 gave it away: https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/releases/tag/v3.4.0-preview.1 A huge thanks to @steve--lee.bsky.social and Mikey + the others for the amazing work recently!11 Sep 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaotttrtc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3muvu5mgfqk2nBringing back PowerShell in DSC? Isn't that already a "thing"? Well, it was in PowerShell DSC, but it isn't in Microsoft DSC. Or will it come back? I wrote a quick blog post on a current RFC to bring back the PowerShell authoring experience: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/bringing-back-the-power-of-powershells-authoring-experience-for-microsoft-desired-state-configuration/07 Sep 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvu5mgfqk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3muoxpew5lk2zI'm thrilled to announce that I've just published three new chapters in "The Microsoft DSC Handbook", this time writing about AI-assisted configuration management, the security aspect, and an honest comparison between other competitors: https://leanpub.com/themicrosoftdschandbook04 Sep 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoxpew5lk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mu7ir4u7p22aA little sneak peek at what's coming up after writing chapters 11 and 12 in the previous weeks. Microsoft DSC is perfectly made for an AI-assisted agent. If you already purchased the book, get ready for it. If not, you can grab your copy at: https://leanpub.com/themicrosoftdschandbook #dsc #ai29 Aug 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7ir4u7p22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mtxjj2n2w22jFinally, a new update for The Microsoft DSC Handbook! 🎉 Based on valuable feedback, I’ve added two full chapters. Already own the book? The new chapters are free! 🎁 Haven’t got it yet? Grab your copy today. The price goes up after today. https://leanpub.com/themicrosoftdschandbook26 Aug 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxjj2n2w22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mtfzjslfsk2hFollowing Azure Bicep's repository closely, there's now an amazing new experimental feature developed by Jarod Holgate, and reviewed by Anthony. It was just pulled into the main branch, so I gave it a try: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/a-first-look-at-azure-biceps-new-documentation-generator/19 Aug 2026 05:42 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfzjslfsk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mtavkfppos2xLooking for various ways to write a DSC resource in Go with ease? I just wrote a full tutorial on how you can create a DSC resource without writing more than 100 lines of code: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-write-a-microsoft-dsc-resource-in-go-in-under-100-lines/17 Aug 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtavkfppos2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mswwc4457s2rI'm so happy about the whole rewrite I did for my free courses on my blogging site! There's also a small easter egg included when you go through a course. Can you find it? Check it out at: idontlikeai.dev/courses/13 Aug 2026 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswwc4457s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3msu6zhtapk2eMicrosoft DSC v3.3.0-rc.1 just released, which most likely means a GA release will happen afterward (if not another RC will be created 😉). https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/releases/tag/v3.3.0-rc.112 Aug 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msu6zhtapk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mspbaiath22zEric van Wijk shipped the Azure DevOps service connection. That means PAT-free pipelines via Entra workload identity. But what it didn't say is that global PATs stop working Dec 1. So I wrote a migration: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/your-global-personal-access-token-dies-on-december-1-in-azure-devops-services-heres-the-migration/10 Aug 2026 04:29 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspbaiath22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3msa5weas3s2sOver the weekend, I checked out the new adapter model for Microsoft DSC. What a change it has been since the latest preview was released. I wrote a quick blog post explaining the details of how you don't have to code anything anymore: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/how-microsofts-dsc-engine-is-shaping-the-new-adapter-model/04 Aug 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msa5weas3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mrwk3amovc2lA pull request that gets rejected on a popular open-source project isn't always the end... It's been a while since I updated my forked Databricks CLI to bring Microsoft DSC capabilities to it, and v0.5.0 just launched + a brand new website: https://libredsc.github.io/dsc-databricks/31 Jul 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwk3amovc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mrrj4dqv6c2nA new Bicep experimental feature is around the corner to be released that removes another friction point. I have already tried out the feature; you can always pick up the nightly builds from the repo: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/one-less-pre-flight-validation-using-biceps-extension-configuration/29 Jul 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrj4dqv6c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mqsni75p5c2uThe Microsoft DSC releases are going as a train, and once again, I'm happy to see some of my contributions landed in the latest v3.3.0-preview.4: https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/releases/tag/v3.3.0-preview.4 It's a pretty big list time with tons of features and doc updates17 Jul 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsni75p5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mqivoqh6ks2pA new experimental feature just landed two days ago in a new Bicep version. And that experimental feature is an interesting one for larger enterprises building custom Bicep extensions. Over the weekend, I had time to test it out and blog about it: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-publish-private-bicep-extensions-to-oci-registries/13 Jul 2026 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqivoqh6ks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mpv25ct2422zIt starts to look like Pester 6 is in front of the door to be released GA, so have you already tried to migrate your test suite? If not, I wrote a migration blog post on it: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/migrating-from-pester-5-to-6/ It covers the latest release candidates and pointers to look at.05 Jul 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpv25ct2422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mpe47qnd6c2iI think @jakubjares.com left PSConfEU with parallel execution quietly compiling in the back of his head, because the Pester repo has definitely not been idle since. I tried out this new feature that just landed in Pester v6.0.0-rc.1 and wrote about it: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-execute-pester-tests-in-parallel-with-pester-6-0/28 Jun 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpe47qnd6c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mp3k5yjxrs2tAnd the third preview release for v3.3.0 on Microsoft DSC. I'm happy to see my contribution on a new built-in resource (Microsoft.Windows/FeatureList) got in: https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/releases/tag/v3.3.0-preview.325 Jun 2026 04:00 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3k5yjxrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3moprw4rixs2gJust wrote a new article to help DSC resource authors make a step from PowerShell DSC to Microsoft DSC. Not on my own blog site, but the DSC community one: https://dsccommunity.org/blog/how-to-generate-microsoft-dsc-adapted-resource-manifests-with-dscresource.authoring/ Thanks to @gaelcolas.bsky.social for the review!20 Jun 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3moprw4rixs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mok4bc2xzs2cDid you already spot that new task in Azure DevOps? The Bicep team created a new BicepDeploy@0 task. For me, it was finally time to try it out. In this blog post, I'll tell you all about it: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/deploying-bicep-from-azure-devops-with-the-new-bicepdeploy-0-task/18 Jun 2026 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mok4bc2xzs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mocgeswypc2tThere was a new project presented by @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social during MS Build 2026 , and I finally had the time to look at it (and even contribute to it). Here's a quick blog post on how Microsoft is changing Windows developer workstations: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/how-microsoft-is-changing-windows-developer-workstations/15 Jun 2026 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocgeswypc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mo2stqkrss2tMicrosoft DSC v3.3.0-preview.2 has just been released, and seeing my name a bunch of times there is always cool: https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/releases/tag/v3.3.0-preview.2 This release has some internal bug fixes and mostly updated documentation.12 Jun 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2stqkrss2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mmxokjtk6k2tTried to write a blog post previous week on the newly released preview version, but got a bit dragged in fixing a couple of bugs. Regardless, I managed to get the post out as well: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/the-future-of-psresourceget-three-features-that-change-how-you-manage-powershell-packages/29 May 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxokjtk6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gijsreijn.bsky.social/post/3mmb5rmwibk2cI created a new PowerShell class that easily configures your Git settings. In this blog post, I cover how you can use it: https://www.idontlikeai.dev/your-git-config-is-not-reproducible-and-heres-how-to-fix-it/20 May 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:uz4f5wc2wpdtap3ocyp2s5vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmb5rmwibk2c