This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Get-DscResource', in PowerShell version 4 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
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Gets Desired State Configuration resources present on the computer.
Get-DscResource [[-Name] [<String[]>]] [-Syntax] [<CommonParameters>]
The Get-DscResource cmdlet retrieves the Desired State Configuration resources present on the computer. It shows built-in and custom providers (created by the user),
as well as composite resources (other configurations that are packaged as module or created at run time in the session).
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Example 1: Get all resources on the local computer
PS C:\> Get-DscResource
This command gets all the resources on the local computer.
Example 2: Get a resource by specifying the name
PS C:\> Get-DscResource �Name WindowsFeature
This command gets the WindowsFeature resource.
Example 3: Get a resource by using wildcard characters
PS C:\> Get-DscResource �Name P*,r*
This command gets all resources that match the wildcard pattern specified by the Name parameter.
Example 4: Get a resource syntax
PS C:\> Get-DscResource -Name WindowsFeature -Syntax
This command gets the WindowsFeature resource, and shows the syntax for the resource.
Example 5: Get all the properties for a resource
PS C:\> Get-DscResource User | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Properties
This command gets the User resource, and then uses the pipeline operator to return all the properties for the User resource.