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PowerShell DSC Resources for WinGet

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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I would like to be able to use PowerShell DSC to install and configure WinGet.

Several issues have made mention to challenges associated with getting WinGet installed (or in a valid state) on different Windows SKUs or environments:

@cdhunt also made a PR with a PowerShell script to help with this challenge:

A couple of mentions have also suggested PowerShell DSC:

Proposed technical implementation details

As we are nearing the first release of WinGet PowerShell modules and cmdlets, this would be aligned with that same effort.

  • #221

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Research direction

Start by reading the PowerShell modules and cmdlets effort referenced in #221, then review the related issues and the PowerShell script PR linked in this issue. Done would mean defining and implementing DSC resources that can install and configure WinGet across the Windows SKUs and environments described.

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Assessment

Tech stack
powershell
Domain
cli, devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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