Hi everyone,

Microsoft released the July update of the DSC Resource Kit. 12 modules have been updated :

• ComputerManagementDsc
• SecurityPolicyDsc
• SharePointDsc
• SqlServerDsc
• xActiveDirectory
• xDhcpServer
• xDscResourceDesigner
• xExchange
• xPowerShellExecutionPolicy (now deprecated since now in ComputerManagementDsc)
• xPSDesiredStateConfiguration
• xRemoteDesktopSessionHost
• xWebAdministration

For more details => https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2018/07/25/dsc-resource-kit-release-july-2018/

Hello,

In my obsession about automation, I never took the time to automate my own laptop reconfiguration (yeah I know, poor me ...). I have my up to date Windows 10 image with my drivers, but that's all. I never automated my software reinstallation or my Windows 10 configuration as I like it :)

So the last couple of days, I've decided to do so :)

You'll find in my GitHub repo a script doing these steps :

1. Check if chocolatey is installed, if not, install it
2. Install some softwares
   • Foxit Reader
   • Flash Player
   • Google Chrome
   • Firefox
   • VLC
   • Silverlight
   • Handbrake
   • Sonos Controller
   • iTunes
   • qBittorent
   • Git
   • GitHub
   • Visual Studio Code
   • Kitty
   • Remote Desktop Manager
   • FileZilla
   • Teamviewer
   • Keepass
   • Winscp
   • WinMerge
   • 7zip
   • Lightshot
   • Evernote
   • Dropbox
   • Microsoft Office 365 Pro Plus
   • Microsoft Teams
   • Slack
   • Rufus
   • Grisbi
   • Toggl
   • Listary
   • JRE 8
   • NuGet
   • AzureAD PowerShell module
   • MSOnline PowerShell module
   • SharePoint PnP for SharePoint Online module
3. Configuring Windows as I want it to be configured
   • Install Hyper-V
   • Disable Windows 10 hibernation
   • Unpin start menu tiles
   • Remove Windows 10 Fax
   • Uninstall Windows XPS printer
   • Uninstall Microsoft Windows 10 preinstalled softwares
   • Show "This PC" desktop shortcut
   • Show hidden files in Windows explorer
   • Show well known extension in Windows explorer
   • Hide search taskbar
   • Configure Windows explorer to open at "This PC" location
   • Configure Control Panel view to "Categories"
   • Hide frequently and recently used item from Windows explorer

For the configuration functions, I used some functions developped by Ali Robertson in its script reclaimWindows10.ps1

You'll find my script on my GitHub repository : Direct Link to the script

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I was helping a customer on the creation of a particular workflow and when we published it we had this error : Error were found when compiling the workflow. The workflow files were saved but cannot be run.

The detailed message on SharePoint ULS was :

Microsoft.Workflow.Client.WorkflowCommunicationException: The request was aborted: The request was canceled. Client ActivityId : 7a290e9c-0917-7088-afc4-e65fd25c5c0b. ---> System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: The request was canceled. ---> System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException: The requested service, 'net.pipe://localhost/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/appsts.svc' could not be activated. See the server's diagnostic trace logs for more information

After searching on the web and trying some well documented solutions, I finally found what was the cause of our issue. The service Net.Pipe Listener Adapter wasn't started on the SharePoint web server. After I started it, I was able to publish the workflow.