Improved lab deployment on Azure

.build/PowerShell5Compatibility.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 task PowerShell5Compatibility -if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop') {
 
-    Remove-Item -Path $requiredModulesPath\PSDesiredStateConfiguration -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Recurse -Force
-    Write-Warning "'PSDesiredStateConfiguration' > 2.0 module is not supported on Windows PowerShell and not required for DSC compilation."
-    Write-Warning "'PSDesiredStateConfiguration' was removed from the 'RequiredModules' folder."
+    $path = "$requiredModulesPath\PSDesiredStateConfiguration"
+    if (Test-Path -Path $path)
+    {
+        Remove-Item -Path $path -ErrorAction Stop -Recurse -Force
+        Write-Warning "'PSDesiredStateConfiguration' > 2.0 module is not supported on Windows PowerShell and not required for DSC compilation."
+        Write-Warning "'PSDesiredStateConfiguration' was removed from the 'RequiredModules' folder."
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        Write-Host "Module 'PSDesiredStateConfiguration' > 2.0 module has already been removed."
+    }
 
 }

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2020 Raimund Andrée, Jan-Hendrik Peters
+Copyright (c) 2025 Raimund Andrée, Jan-Hendrik Peters, Gael Colas
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

Lab/10 Azure Full Lab with DSC and AzureDevOps.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 $labName = "DscWorkshop_$((1..6 | ForEach-Object { [char[]](97..122) | Get-Random }) -join '')"
 $azureLocation = 'West Europe'
+$azureRoleSize = 'Standard_D8alds_v6'
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #----------------------- CHANGING ANYTHING BEYOND THIS LINE SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED ----------------------------------
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ Add-LabDomainDefinition -Name contoso.com -AdminUser Install -AdminPassword Some
 Set-LabInstallationCredential -Username Install -Password Somepass1
 
 # Add the reference to our necessary ISO files
-Add-LabIsoImageDefinition -Name AzDevOps -Path $labSources\ISOs\azuredevops2022.0.1.iso #from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/server/download/azuredevopsserver?view=azure-devops
+Add-LabIsoImageDefinition -Name AzDevOps -Path $labSources\ISOs\azuredevops2022.2.iso #from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/server/download/azuredevopsserver?view=azure-devops
 
 # Data Disks
 Add-LabDiskDefinition -Name DSCDO01_D -DiskSizeInGb 120 -Label DataDisk1 -DriveLetter D
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ $PSDefaultParameterValues = @{
     'Add-LabMachineDefinition:DomainName'      = 'contoso.com'
     'Add-LabMachineDefinition:DnsServer1'      = '192.168.111.10'
     'Add-LabMachineDefinition:OperatingSystem' = 'Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (Desktop Experience)'
+    'Add-LabMachineDefinition:AzureProperties' = @{ 'StorageSku' = 'Premium_LRS' }
 }
 
 #The PostInstallationActivity is just creating some users
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ $roles = @(
     Get-LabMachineRoleDefinition -Role TfsBuildWorker -Properties @{ NumberOfBuildWorkers = '4' }
     Get-LabMachineRoleDefinition -Role HyperV
 )
-Add-LabMachineDefinition -Name DSCHost01 -Memory 8GB -Roles $roles -IpAddress 192.168.111.80 -DiskName DSCHost01_D -AzureProperties @{RoleSize = 'Standard_D4s_v3' }
+Add-LabMachineDefinition -Name DSCHost01 -Memory 16GB -Roles $roles -IpAddress 192.168.111.80 -DiskName DSCHost01_D
 
 # DSC target nodes - our legacy VMs with an existing configuration
 Add-LabMachineDefinition -Name DSCFile01 -Memory 1GB -Roles FileServer -IpAddress 192.168.111.100
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ Add-LabMachineDefinition -Name DSCWeb02 -Memory 1GB -Roles WebServer -IpAddress
 Add-LabMachineDefinition -Name DSCFile03 -Memory 1GB -Roles FileServer -IpAddress 192.168.111.120
 Add-LabMachineDefinition -Name DSCWeb03 -Memory 1GB -Roles WebServer -IpAddress 192.168.111.121
 
-Install-Lab
+Install-Lab -NoValidation
 
 Enable-LabCertificateAutoenrollment -Computer -User
 Install-LabWindowsFeature -ComputerName (Get-LabVM -Role DSCPullServer, FileServer, WebServer, AzDevOps) -FeatureName RSAT-AD-Tools

Lab/10 HyperV Full Lab with DSC and AzureDevOps.ps1

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Add-LabDomainDefinition -Name contoso.com -AdminUser Install -AdminPassword Some
 Set-LabInstallationCredential -Username Install -Password Somepass1
 
 # Add the reference to our necessary ISO files
-Add-LabIsoImageDefinition -Name AzDevOps -Path $labSources\ISOs\azuredevops2022.0.1.iso #from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/server/download/azuredevopsserver?view=azure-devops
+Add-LabIsoImageDefinition -Name AzDevOps -Path $labSources\ISOs\azuredevops2022.2.iso #from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/server/download/azuredevopsserver?view=azure-devops
 Add-LabIsoImageDefinition -Name SQLServer2019 -Path $labsources\ISOs\SQLServer2019-x64-ENU.iso #from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2019. The EXE downloads the ISO.
 
 # Data Disks