GC Agent - Daily Test - Windows - Yaml

[skip ci]
2026-06-21 13:45:25 +00:00 · 2020-01-10 16:20:16 -08:00
16 changed files with 344 additions and 3910 deletions
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ jobs:
  - ${{ parameters.powershellExecutable }}: |
      if($IsMacOs)
      {
-        brew install powershell/tap/powershell-preview
-        sudo ln -s -f /usr/local/opt/powershell-preview/libexec/pwsh /usr/local/bin/pwsh
+        brew update
+        brew cask install powershell-preview
+        sudo ln -s -f /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/7-preview/pwsh /usr/local/bin/pwsh
      }
      elseif($IsLinux)
      {
@@ -48,28 +49,19 @@ jobs:
    displayName: Capture PSRepository

  - ${{ parameters.powershellExecutable }}: |
-      Install-module Pester -Force -MaximumVersion 4.99
-    displayName: Install dependencies - Pester
-    timeoutInMinutes: 10
-
-  - ${{ parameters.powershellExecutable }}: |
-      Install-Module -Name "platyPS" -Force
-    displayName: Install dependencies - PlatyPS
+      Install-Module -Name "platyPS","Pester" -Force
+    displayName: Install dependencies
    timeoutInMinutes: 10

  - ${{ parameters.powershellExecutable }}: |
        Install-Module -Name "PSScriptAnalyzer" -RequiredVersion 1.18.0 -Force
-    displayName: Install dependencies - PSScriptAnalyzer
+    displayName: Install dependencies
    timeoutInMinutes: 10

  - ${{ parameters.powershellExecutable }}: |
      Install-Module -Name PSPackageProject -Force
    displayName: Install PSPackageProject module

-  - ${{ parameters.powershellExecutable }}: |
-      Get-InstalledModule -Name pester  -AllVersions | Where-Object {$_.Version -ge ([version]::new(5,0,0))} | Uninstall-Module -Force
-    displayName: Remove >= 5.0.0 Pester
-
  - task: DownloadBuildArtifacts@0
    displayName: 'Download artifacts'
    inputs:
@@ -109,8 +101,6 @@ jobs:
  - ${{ parameters.powershellExecutable }}: |
      Invoke-PSPackageProjectTest -Type StaticAnalysis
    displayName: Execute static analysis tests
-    # need to figure out how to disable PSAvoidOverwritingBuiltInCmdlets
-    continueOnError: true
    errorActionPreference: continue
    condition: succeededOrFailed()

@@ -13,38 +13,34 @@ Implement build and packaging of the package and place the output $OutDirectory/
 function DoBuild
 {
    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "Starting DoBuild"
-    
+
    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "Copying module files to '${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}'"
    # copy psm1 and psd1 files
    copy-item "${SrcPath}/*" "${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}" -Recurse
+    #

    # copy help
-    # Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "Copying help files to '${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}'"
-    # copy-item -Recurse "${HelpPath}/${Culture}" "${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}"
+    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "Copying help files to '${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}'"
+    copy-item -Recurse "${HelpPath}/${Culture}" "${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}"

-    $subsystemCodePath = Resolve-Path "${SrcPath}\..\DscSubsystem"
-    $subsystemBinPath = "bin/Debug/net6.0/publish/Microsoft.PowerShell.DscSubsystem.dll"
-    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "Subsystem code path ${subsystemCodePath}"
-
-    if ( Test-Path $subsystemCodePath )
-    {
+    if ( Test-Path "${SrcPath}/code" ) {
        Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "Building assembly and copying to '${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}'"
-        
-        Push-Location $subsystemCodePath
-        $result = dotnet publish
-        if (Test-Path $subsystemBinPath)
-        {
-            Copy-Item $subsystemBinPath "${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}"
+        # build code and place it in the staging location
+        try {
+            Push-Location "${SrcPath}/code"
+            $result = dotnet publish
+            copy-item "bin/Debug/netstandard2.0/publish/${ModuleName}.dll" "${OutDirectory}/${ModuleName}"
        }
-        else
-        {
-            Write-Error "dotnet build failed - $subsystemBinPath not found - $result"
+        catch {
+            $result | ForEach-Object { Write-Warning $_ }
+            Write-Error "dotnet build failed"
+        }
+        finally {
+            Pop-Location
        }
-
-        Pop-Location
    }
    else {
-        Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "No code to build in '$subsystemCodePath'"
+        Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "No code to build in '${SrcPath}/code'"
    }

    ## Add build and packaging here
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
-
-#nullable enable
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Management.Automation;
-using System.Management.Automation.Internal;
-using System.Management.Automation.Language;
-
-namespace System.Management.Automation.Subsystem.DSC
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Interface for implementing a cross platform desired state configuration component.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class CrossPlatformDsc : ICrossPlatformDsc, IModuleAssemblyInitializer
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the unique identifier for a subsystem implementation.
-        /// </summary>
-        public Guid Id { get {return Guid.NewGuid();} }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the name of a subsystem implementation.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string Name { get {return "Cross platform desired state configuration";} }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the description of a subsystem implementation.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string Description { get {return "Cross platform desired state configuration";} }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a dictionary that contains the functions to be defined at the global scope of a PowerShell session.
-        /// Key: function name; Value: function script.
-        /// </summary>
-        Dictionary<string, string>? ISubsystem.FunctionsToDefine => null;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Test.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void LoadDefaultKeywords(Collection<Exception> errors)
-        {
-            Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache.LoadDefaultCimKeywords(errors);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Default summary.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void ClearCache()
-        {
-            Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache.ClearCache();
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Default summary.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string GetDSCResourceUsageString(DynamicKeyword keyword)
-        {
-            return Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache.GetDSCResourceUsageString(keyword);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if a string is one of dynamic keywords that can be used in both configuration and meta configuration.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool IsSystemResourceName(string name)
-        {
-            return Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache.SystemResourceNames.Contains(name);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if a string matches default module name used for meta configuration resources.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool IsDefaultModuleNameForMetaConfigResource(string name)
-        {
-            return name.Equals(Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache.DefaultModuleInfoForMetaConfigResource.Item1, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-        }
-
-        public void OnImport()
-        {
-            if (SubsystemManager.GetSubsystem<ICrossPlatformDsc>() == null)
-            {
-                SubsystemManager.RegisterSubsystem(SubsystemKind.CrossPlatformDsc, this);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Management.Automation;
-using System.Security;
-
-namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Class that does high level Cim schema parsing.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal class CimDSCParser
-    {
-        private readonly JsonDeserializer _jsonDeserializer;
-        
-        internal CimDSCParser()
-        {
-            _jsonDeserializer = JsonDeserializer.Create();
-        }
-
-        internal IEnumerable<PSObject> ParseSchemaJson(string filePath, bool useNewRunspace = false)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                string json = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
-                string fileNameDefiningClass = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
-                int dotIndex = fileNameDefiningClass.IndexOf(".schema", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
-                if (dotIndex != -1)
-                {
-                    fileNameDefiningClass = fileNameDefiningClass.Substring(0, dotIndex);
-                }
-
-                IEnumerable<PSObject> result = _jsonDeserializer.DeserializeClasses(json, useNewRunspace);
-                foreach (dynamic classObject in result)
-                {
-                    string superClassName = classObject.SuperClassName;
-                    string className = classObject.ClassName;
-                    if (string.Equals(superClassName, "OMI_BaseResource", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                    {
-                        // Get the name of the file without schema.mof/json extension
-                        if (!className.Equals(fileNameDefiningClass, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                        {
-                            PSInvalidOperationException e = PSTraceSource.NewInvalidOperationException(
-                                ParserStrings.ClassNameNotSameAsDefiningFile, className, fileNameDefiningClass);
-                            throw e;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                return result;
-            }
-            catch (Exception exception)
-            {
-                PSInvalidOperationException e = PSTraceSource.NewInvalidOperationException(
-                    exception, ParserStrings.CimDeserializationError, filePath);
-
-                e.SetErrorId("CimDeserializationError");
-                throw e;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Management.Automation;
-using System.Management.Automation.Runspaces;
-
-namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform
-{
-    internal class JsonDeserializer
-    {
-        #region Constructors
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Instantiates a default deserializer.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>Default deserializer.</returns>
-        public static JsonDeserializer Create()
-        {
-            return new JsonDeserializer();
-        }
-
-        #endregion Constructors
-
-        #region Methods
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns schema of Cim classes from specified json file.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="json">Json text to deserialize.</param>
-        /// <param name="useNewRunspace">If a new runspace should be used.</param>
-        /// <returns>Deserialized PSObjects.</returns>
-        public IEnumerable<PSObject> DeserializeClasses(string json, bool useNewRunspace = false)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(json));
-            }
-
-            System.Management.Automation.PowerShell powerShell = null;
-
-            if (useNewRunspace)
-            {
-                // currently using RunspaceMode.NewRunspace will reset PSModulePath env var for the entire process
-                // this is something we want to avoid in DSC GuestConfigAgent scenario, so we use following workaround
-                var s_iss = InitialSessionState.CreateDefault();
-                s_iss.EnvironmentVariables.Add(
-                    new SessionStateVariableEntry(
-                        "PSModulePath",
-                        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PSModulePath"),
-                        description: null));
-                powerShell = System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Create(s_iss);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                powerShell = System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Create(RunspaceMode.CurrentRunspace);
-            }
-
-            using (powerShell)
-            {
-                return powerShell.AddCommand("Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\\ConvertFrom-Json")
-                    .AddParameter("InputObject", json)
-                    .AddParameter("Depth", 100) // maximum supported by cmdlet
-                    .Invoke();
-            }
-        }
-
-        #endregion Methods
-    }
-}
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
-    <AssemblyName>Microsoft.PowerShell.DscSubsystem</AssemblyName>
-    
-    <DelaySign>true</DelaySign>
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>visualstudiopublic.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
-    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-  <!-- TEMPORARY: This needs to be replaced with <PackageReference Include="System.Management.Automation" /> when Preview 6 is published with subsystem interface. -->
-    <Reference Include="C:\Temp\SMA-Reference\System.Management.Automation.dll"></Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  
-</Project>
@@ -1,232 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "UserName",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "MaxLen": 256
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "Password",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "OMI_BaseResource",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ResourceId",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Required": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "SourceInfo",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "DependsOn",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ModuleName",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Required": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ModuleVersion",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Required": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ConfigurationName",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "PsDscRunAsCredential",
-        "CimType": "Instance",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true,
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_Credential"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_KeyValuePair",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "Key",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Key": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "Value",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_BaseConfigurationProviderRegistration",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ClassName",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Key": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "DSCEngineCompatVersion",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "DSCModuleVersion",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_CimConfigurationProviderRegistration",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "MSFT_BaseConfigurationProviderRegistration",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "Namespace",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_PSConfigurationProviderRegistration",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "MSFT_BaseConfigurationProviderRegistration",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ModuleName",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ProviderPath",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ModulePath",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "OMI_ConfigurationDocument",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "Version",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "Author",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "Copyright",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "HelpInfoUri",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ContentType",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "GenerationDate",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "GenerationHost",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "Name",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "MinimumCompatibleVersion",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "CompatibleVersionAdditionalProperties",
-        "CimType": "StringArray"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "UseCms",
-        "CimType": "Boolean"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "OMI_MetaConfigurationResource",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ResourceId",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Required": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "SourceInfo",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "OMI_ResourceModuleManager",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_MetaConfigurationResource"
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "OMI_ConfigurationDownloadManager",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_MetaConfigurationResource"
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "OMI_ReportManager",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_MetaConfigurationResource"
-  }
-]
@@ -1,218 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ClassName": "MSFT_DSCMetaConfiguration",
-  "FriendlyName": "LocalConfigurationManager",
-  "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-  "ClassProperties": [
-    {
-      "Name": "ConfigurationModeFrequencyMins",
-      "CimType": "UInt32"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "RebootNodeIfNeeded",
-      "CimType": "Boolean"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "ConfigurationMode",
-      "CimType": "String",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "ValueMap": [
-          "ApplyOnly",
-          "ApplyAndMonitor",
-          "ApplyAndAutoCorrect",
-          "MonitorOnly"
-        ],
-        "Values": [
-          "ApplyOnly",
-          "ApplyAndMonitor",
-          "ApplyAndAutoCorrect",
-          "MonitorOnly"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "ActionAfterReboot",
-      "CimType": "String",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "ValueMap": [
-          "ContinueConfiguration",
-          "StopConfiguration"
-        ],
-        "Values": [
-          "ContinueConfiguration",
-          "StopConfiguration"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "Credential",
-      "CimType": "Instance",
-      "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_Credential"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "RefreshMode",
-      "CimType": "String",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "ValueMap": [
-          "Push",
-          "Pull",
-          "Disabled"
-        ],
-        "Values": [
-          "Push",
-          "Pull",
-          "Disabled"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "CertificateID",
-      "CimType": "String"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "ConfigurationID",
-      "CimType": "String"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "DownloadManagerName",
-      "CimType": "String"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "DownloadManagerCustomData",
-      "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-      "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_KeyValuePair",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_KeyValuePair"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "RefreshFrequencyMins",
-      "CimType": "UInt32"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "AllowModuleOverwrite",
-      "CimType": "Boolean"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "DebugMode",
-      "CimType": "StringArray",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "ValueMap": [
-          "None",
-          "ForceModuleImport",
-          "All",
-          "ResourceScriptBreakAll",
-          "ResourceScriptBreakpoint"
-        ],
-        "Values": [
-          "None",
-          "ForceModuleImport",
-          "All",
-          "ResourceScriptBreakAll",
-          "ResourceScriptBreakpoint"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "LCMVersion",
-      "CimType": "String",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "Read": true
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "LCMCompatibleVersions",
-      "CimType": "StringArray",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "Read": true
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "LCMState",
-      "CimType": "String",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "Read": true,
-        "ValueMap": [
-          "Idle",
-          "Busy",
-          "PendingReboot",
-          "PendingConfiguration"
-        ],
-        "Values": [
-          "Idle",
-          "Busy",
-          "PendingReboot",
-          "PendingConfiguration"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "LCMStateDetail",
-      "CimType": "String",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "Read": true
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "ConfigurationDownloadManagers",
-      "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-      "ReferenceClassName": "OMI_ConfigurationDownloadManager",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "EmbeddedInstance": "OMI_ConfigurationDownloadManager"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "ResourceModuleManagers",
-      "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-      "ReferenceClassName": "OMI_ResourceModuleManager",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "EmbeddedInstance": "OMI_ResourceModuleManager"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "ReportManagers",
-      "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-      "ReferenceClassName": "OMI_ReportManager",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "EmbeddedInstance": "OMI_ReportManager"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "PartialConfigurations",
-      "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-      "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_PartialConfiguration",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_PartialConfiguration"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "StatusRetentionTimeInDays",
-      "CimType": "UInt32"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "AgentId",
-      "CimType": "String",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "Read": true
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "SignatureValidationPolicy",
-      "CimType": "String"
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "SignatureValidations",
-      "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-      "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_SignatureValidation",
-      "Qualifiers": {
-        "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_SignatureValidation"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "Name": "MaximumDownloadSizeMB",
-      "CimType": "UInt32"
-    }
-  ]
-}
@@ -1,455 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_WebDownloadManager",
-    "FriendlyName": "ConfigurationRepositoryWeb",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_ConfigurationDownloadManager",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ServerURL",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Key": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "CertificateID",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "AllowUnsecureConnection",
-        "CimType": "Boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "RegistrationKey",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ConfigurationNames",
-        "CimType": "StringArray"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ProxyURL",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ProxyCredential",
-        "CimType": "Instance",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_Credential"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_FileDownloadManager",
-    "FriendlyName": "ConfigurationRepositoryShare",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_ConfigurationDownloadManager",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "SourcePath",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Key": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "Credential",
-        "CimType": "Instance",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_Credential"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_WebResourceManager",
-    "FriendlyName": "ResourceRepositoryWeb",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_ResourceModuleManager",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ServerURL",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Key": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "CertificateID",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "AllowUnsecureConnection",
-        "CimType": "Boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "RegistrationKey",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ProxyURL",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ProxyCredential",
-        "CimType": "Instance",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_Credential"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_FileResourceManager",
-    "FriendlyName": "ResourceRepositoryShare",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_ResourceModuleManager",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "SourcePath",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Key": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "Credential",
-        "CimType": "Instance",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_Credential"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_WebReportManager",
-    "FriendlyName": "ReportServerWeb",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_ReportManager",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ServerURL",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Key": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "CertificateID",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "AllowUnsecureConnection",
-        "CimType": "Boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "RegistrationKey",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ProxyURL",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ProxyCredential",
-        "CimType": "Instance",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_Credential",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_Credential"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_PartialConfiguration",
-    "FriendlyName": "PartialConfiguration",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_MetaConfigurationResource",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "Description",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ExclusiveResources",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ConfigurationSource",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ResourceModuleSource",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "DependsOn",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "RefreshMode",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "ValueMap": [
-            "Push",
-            "Pull",
-            "Disabled"
-          ],
-          "Values": [
-            "Push",
-            "Pull",
-            "Disabled"
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_SignatureValidation",
-    "FriendlyName": "SignatureValidation",
-    "ClassVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "SuperClassName": "OMI_MetaConfigurationResource",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "TrustedStorePath",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Write": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "SignedItemType",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "ValueMap": [
-            "Configuration",
-            "Module"
-          ],
-          "Values": [
-            "Configuration",
-            "Module"
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    "ClassName": "MSFT_DSCMetaConfigurationV2",
-    "FriendlyName": "Settings",
-    "ClassVersion": "2.0.0",
-    "ClassProperties": [
-      {
-        "Name": "ConfigurationModeFrequencyMins",
-        "CimType": "UInt32"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "RebootNodeIfNeeded",
-        "CimType": "Boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ConfigurationMode",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "ValueMap": [
-            "ApplyOnly",
-            "ApplyAndMonitor",
-            "ApplyAndAutoCorrect",
-            "MonitorOnly"
-          ],
-          "Values": [
-            "ApplyOnly",
-            "ApplyAndMonitor",
-            "ApplyAndAutoCorrect",
-            "MonitorOnly"
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ActionAfterReboot",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "ValueMap": [
-            "ContinueConfiguration",
-            "StopConfiguration"
-          ],
-          "Values": [
-            "ContinueConfiguration",
-            "StopConfiguration"
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "RefreshMode",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "ValueMap": [
-            "Push",
-            "Pull",
-            "Disabled"
-          ],
-          "Values": [
-            "Push",
-            "Pull",
-            "Disabled"
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "CertificateID",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ConfigurationID",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "RefreshFrequencyMins",
-        "CimType": "UInt32"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "AllowModuleOverwrite",
-        "CimType": "Boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "DebugMode",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "ValueMap": [
-            "None",
-            "ForceModuleImport",
-            "All",
-            "ResourceScriptBreakAll",
-            "ResourceScriptBreakpoint"
-          ],
-          "Values": [
-            "None",
-            "ForceModuleImport",
-            "All",
-            "ResourceScriptBreakAll",
-            "ResourceScriptBreakpoint"
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "LCMVersion",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Read": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "LCMCompatibleVersions",
-        "CimType": "StringArray",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Read": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "LCMState",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Read": true,
-          "ValueMap": [
-            "Idle",
-            "Busy",
-            "PendingReboot",
-            "PendingConfiguration"
-          ],
-          "Values": [
-            "Idle",
-            "Busy",
-            "PendingReboot",
-            "PendingConfiguration"
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "LCMStateDetail",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Read": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ConfigurationDownloadManagers",
-        "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "OMI_ConfigurationDownloadManager",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "OMI_ConfigurationDownloadManager"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ResourceModuleManagers",
-        "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "OMI_ResourceModuleManager",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "OMI_ResourceModuleManager"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "ReportManagers",
-        "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "OMI_ReportManager",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "OMI_ReportManager"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "PartialConfigurations",
-        "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_PartialConfiguration",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_PartialConfiguration"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "StatusRetentionTimeInDays",
-        "CimType": "UInt32"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "AgentId",
-        "CimType": "String",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "Read": true
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "SignatureValidationPolicy",
-        "CimType": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "SignatureValidations",
-        "CimType": "InstanceArray",
-        "ReferenceClassName": "MSFT_SignatureValidation",
-        "Qualifiers": {
-          "EmbeddedInstance": "MSFT_SignatureValidation"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "MaximumDownloadSizeMB",
-        "CimType": "UInt32"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 RootModule = 'PSDesiredStateConfiguration.psm1'

 # Version number of this module.
-moduleVersion = '3.0.0'
+moduleVersion = '2.0.5'

 # Supported PSEditions
 CompatiblePSEditions = @('Core')
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Copyright = '(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.'
 Description = 'PowerShell Desired State Configuration'

 # Minimum version of the Windows PowerShell engine required by this module
-PowerShellVersion = '7.1'
+PowerShellVersion = '6.1'

 # Name of the Windows PowerShell host required by this module
 # PowerShellHostName = ''
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PowerShellVersion = '7.1'
 # ProcessorArchitecture = ''

 # Modules that must be imported into the global environment prior to importing this module
- #RequiredModules = @()
+# RequiredModules = @()

 # Assemblies that must be loaded prior to importing this module
 # RequiredAssemblies = @()
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ PowerShellVersion = '7.1'
 # FormatsToProcess = @()

 # Modules to import as nested modules of the module specified in RootModule/ModuleToProcess
- NestedModules = @('Microsoft.PowerShell.DscSubsystem.dll')
+# NestedModules = @()

 # Functions to export from this module, for best performance, do not use wildcards and do not delete the entry, use an empty array if there are no functions to export.
 FunctionsToExport = @(
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ FunctionsToExport = @(
        'New-DscChecksum'
        'Get-DscResource'
        'Invoke-DscResource'
-        'ConvertTo-DscJsonSchema'
    )


@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ data LocalizedData
    InvalidConfigurationName = Invalid Configuration Name '{0}' is specified. Standard names may only contain letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and underscore (_). The name may not be null or empty, and should start with a letter.
    InvalidResourceSpecification = Found more than one resource named '{0}'. Please use the module specification to be more specific.
    UnsupportedResourceImplementation = The resource '{0}' implemented as '{1}' is not supported by Invoke-DscResource.
-    NoValidConfigFileFound = No valid config files (json,zip) were found.
+    NoValidConfigFileFound = No valid config files (mof,zip) were found.
    InputFileNotExist=File {0} doesn't exist.
    FileReadError=Error Reading file {0}.
    MatchingFileNotFound=No matching file found.
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ data LocalizedData
    ImportDscResourceWarningForInbuiltResource=The configuration '{0}' is loading one or more built-in resources without explicitly importing associated modules. Add Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'PSDesiredStateConfiguration' to your configuration to avoid this message.
    PasswordTooLong=An error occurred during encryption of a password in node '{0}'. Most likely the password entered is too long to be encrypted using the selected certificate.  Please either use a shorter password or select a certificate with a larger key.
    PsDscRunAsCredentialNotSupport=The 'PsDscRunAsCredential' property is not currently support when using Invoke-DscResource.
+    EmbeddedResourcesNotSupported=Embedded resources are not support on Linux or macOS.  Please see https://aka.ms/PSCoreDSC for more details.
 '@
 }
 Set-StrictMode -Off
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Import-LocalizedData  -BindingVariable LocalizedData -FileName PSDesiredStateCon
 Import-Module $PSScriptRoot/helpers/DscResourceInfo.psm1

 # Set DSC HOME environment variable.
-$env:DSC_HOME = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "Configuration"
+$env:DSC_HOME = "$PSScriptRoot/Configuration"

 $script:V1MetaConfigPropertyList = @('ConfigurationModeFrequencyMins', 'RebootNodeIfNeeded', 'ConfigurationMode', 'ActionAfterReboot', 'RefreshMode', 'CertificateID', 'ConfigurationID', 'DownloadManagerName', 'DownloadManagerCustomData', 'RefreshFrequencyMins', 'AllowModuleOverwrite', 'DebugMode', 'Credential')
 $script:DirectAccessMetaConfigPropertyList = @('AllowModuleOverWrite', 'CertificateID', 'ConfigurationDownloadManagers', 'ResourceModuleManagers', 'DebugMode', 'RebootNodeIfNeeded', 'RefreshMode', 'ConfigurationAgent')
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ function ConvertTo-MOFInstance
        elseif ($Value -is [PSCredential] )
        {
            # If the input object is a PSCredential, turn it into an MSFT_Credential with an encrypted password.
-            $clearText = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::GetStringFromSecureString($Value.Password)
+            $clearText = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::GetStringFromSecureString($Value.Password)
            $newValue = @{
                UserName = $Value.UserName
                Password = $clearText
@@ -1793,6 +1794,59 @@ function ValidateUpdate-ConfigurationData
    return $true
 }

+##############################################################
+#
+# Checks to see if a module defining composite resources should be reloaded
+# based the last write time of the schema file. Returns true if the file exists
+# and the last modified time was either not recorded or has change.
+#
+function Test-ModuleReloadRequired
+{
+    [OutputType([bool])]
+    param (
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [string]
+        $SchemaFilePath
+    )
+
+    if (-not $SchemaFilePath -or  $SchemaFilePath -notmatch '\.schema\.psm1$')
+    {
+        # not a composite res
+        return $false
+    }
+
+    # If the path doesn't exist, then we can't reload it.
+    # Note: this condition is explicitly not an error for this function.
+    if ( -not (Test-Path $SchemaFilePath))
+    {
+        if ($schemaFileLastUpdate.ContainsKey($SchemaFilePath))
+        {
+            $schemaFileLastUpdate.Remove($SchemaFilePath)
+        }
+        return $false
+    }
+
+    # If we have a modified date, then return it.
+    if ($schemaFileLastUpdate.ContainsKey($SchemaFilePath))
+    {
+        if ( (Get-Item $SchemaFilePath).LastWriteTime -eq $schemaFileLastUpdate[$SchemaFilePath] )
+        {
+            return $false
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return $true
+        }
+    }
+
+    # Otherwise, record the last write time and return true.
+    $script:schemaFileLastUpdate[$SchemaFilePath] = (Get-Item $SchemaFilePath).LastWriteTime
+    $true
+}
+# Holds the schema file to lastwritetime mapping.
+[System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[string,DateTime]] $script:schemaFileLastUpdate =
+New-Object -TypeName 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[string,datetime]'
+
 ###########################################################
 # Configuration keyword implementation
 ###########################################################
@@ -1851,6 +1905,10 @@ function Configuration
        return $moduleInfos
    }

+    if ( $IsMacOS -or $IsLinux ) {
+        Write-Warning -Message $LocalizedData.EmbeddedResourcesNotSupported
+    }
+
    try
    {
        Write-Debug -Message "BEGIN CONFIGURATION '$Name' PROCESSING: OutputPath: '$OutputPath'"
@@ -1918,7 +1976,7 @@ function Configuration

            # Load the default CIM keyword/function definitions set, populating the function collection
            # with the default functions.
-            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::LoadDefaultCimKeywords($functionsToDefine)
+            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::LoadDefaultCimKeywords($functionsToDefine)

            # Set up the rest of the configuration runtime state.
            Initialize-ConfigurationRuntimeState $Name
@@ -2009,8 +2067,25 @@ function Configuration
            foreach ($mod in $modulesInfo) {

                $null = ImportClassResourcesFromModule -Module $mod -Resources $res -functionsToDefine $functionsToDefine
-                
-                if ($moduleInfos.Count -eq 1)
+                $dscResourcesPath = Join-Path -Path $mod.ModuleBase -ChildPath 'DscResources'
+                if(Test-Path $dscResourcesPath)
+                {
+                    foreach($requiredResource in $res)
+                    {
+                        if ($requiredResource.Contains('*')) {
+                            # we historically resolve wildcards by Get-Item File System rules.
+                            # We don't support wildcards resolutions for Friendly names.
+                            foreach ($resource in Get-ChildItem -Path $dscResourcesPath -Directory -Name -Filter $requiredResource)
+                            {
+                                $null = ImportCimAndScriptKeywordsFromModule -Module $mod -Resource $resource -functionsToDefine $functionsToDefine
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            # ImportCimAndScriptKeywordsFromModule takes care about resolving $requiredResources names to ClassNames or FriendlyNames.
+                            $null = ImportCimAndScriptKeywordsFromModule -Module $mod -Resource $requiredResource -functionsToDefine $functionsToDefine
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                elseif ($moduleInfos.Count -eq 1)
                {
                    $modules.Add($moduleInfos)
                }
@@ -2246,7 +2321,7 @@ function Configuration
        {
            Write-Debug -Message "  CONFIGURATION $Name : DOING TOP-LEVEL CLEAN UP"
            [System.Management.Automation.Language.DynamicKeyword]::Reset()
-            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::ClearCache()
+            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ClearCache()

            Initialize-ConfigurationRuntimeState
        }
@@ -2423,16 +2498,66 @@ function ImportClassResourcesFromModule
        $functionsToDefine
    )

-    $Errors = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Exception]'
+    $resourcesFound = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ImportClassResourcesFromModule($Module, $Resources, $functionsToDefine)
+    return ,$resourcesFound
+}

-    $resourcesFound = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::ImportClassResourcesFromModule($Module, $Resources, $functionsToDefine, $Errors)
+function ImportCimAndScriptKeywordsFromModule
+{
+    param (
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        $Module,

-    foreach($ex in $Errors)
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        $resource,
+
+        $functionsToDefine
+    )
+
+    trap
    {
-        Write-Error -Exception $ex
+        continue
    }

-    return ,$resourcesFound
+    $SchemaFilePath = $null
+    $oldCount = $functionsToDefine.Count
+
+    $keywordErrors = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Exception]'
+
+    $foundCimSchema = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ImportCimKeywordsFromModule(
+    $Module, $resource, [ref] $SchemaFilePath, $functionsToDefine, $keywordErrors)
+
+    foreach($ex in $keywordErrors)
+    {
+        Write-Error -Exception $ex
+        if($ex.InnerException)
+        {
+            Write-Error -Exception $ex.InnerException
+        }
+    }
+
+    $functionsAdded = $functionsToDefine.Count - $oldCount
+    Write-Debug -Message "  $Name : PROCESSING RESOURCE FILE: Added $functionsAdded type handler functions from  '$SchemaFilePath'"
+
+    $SchemaFilePath = $null
+    $oldCount = $functionsToDefine.Count
+
+    $foundScriptSchema = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ImportScriptKeywordsFromModule(
+    $Module, $resource, [ref] $SchemaFilePath, $functionsToDefine )
+
+    $functionsAdded = $functionsToDefine.Count - $oldCount
+    Write-Debug -Message "  $Name : PROCESSING RESOURCE FILE: Added $functionsAdded type handler functions from  '$SchemaFilePath'"
+
+    if ($foundScriptSchema -and $SchemaFilePath)
+    {
+        $resourceDirectory = Split-Path $SchemaFilePath
+        if($null -ne $resourceDirectory)
+        {
+            Import-Module -Force: (Test-ModuleReloadRequired $SchemaFilePath) -Verbose:$false -Name $resourceDirectory -Global -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        }
+    }
+
+    return $foundCimSchema -or $foundScriptSchema
 }

 #
@@ -2826,6 +2951,16 @@ function Write-NodeMOFFile
    # Fix up newlines to be CRLF
    $nodeDoc = $nodeDoc -replace "`n", "`r`n"

+    $errMsg = Test-MofInstanceText $nodeDoc
+    if($errMsg)
+    {
+        $errorMessage = $LocalizedData.InvalidMOFDefinition -f @($mofNode, $errMsg)
+        $exception = New-Object -TypeName System.InvalidOperationException -ArgumentList $errorMessage
+        Write-Error -Exception $exception -Message $errorMessage -Category InvalidOperation -ErrorId InvalidMOFDefinition
+        Update-ConfigurationErrorCount
+        $nodeOutfile = "$ConfigurationOutputDirectory/$($mofNode).mof.error"
+    }
+
    if($nodeDocCount -gt 0)
    {
        # Write to a file only if no error was generated or we are writing to .mof.error file
@@ -3282,7 +3417,7 @@ function Test-MofInstanceText
    {
        try
        {
-            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::ValidateInstanceText($instanceText)
+            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ValidateInstanceText($instanceText)
        }
        catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException]
        {
@@ -3525,7 +3660,7 @@ function New-DscChecksum
    # Retrieve all valid configuration files at the specified $Path
    $allConfigFiles = $Path | ForEach-Object  -Process {
        (Get-ChildItem -Path $_ -Recurse | Where-Object -FilterScript {
-                $_.Extension -eq '.json' -or $_.Extension -eq '.zip'
+                $_.Extension -eq '.mof' -or $_.Extension -eq '.zip'
            }
        )
    }
@@ -3534,6 +3669,7 @@ function New-DscChecksum
    if ($allConfigFiles.Length -eq 0)
    {
        Write-Log -Message $LocalizedData.NoValidConfigFileFound
+
        return
    }

@@ -3706,7 +3842,7 @@ function ReadEnvironmentFile

 function Get-DSCResourceModules
 {
-    $listPSModuleFolders = $env:PSModulePath.Split([IO.Path]::PathSeparator)
+    $listPSModuleFolders = $env:PSModulePath.Split(":")
    $dscModuleFolderList = [System.Collections.Generic.HashSet[System.String]]::new()

    foreach ($folder in $listPSModuleFolders)
@@ -3719,12 +3855,22 @@ function Get-DSCResourceModules
        foreach($moduleFolder in Get-ChildItem $folder -Directory)
        {
            $addModule = $false
-            foreach($psd1 in Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter "$($moduleFolder.Name).psd1" -Path $moduleFolder.fullname -Depth 2)
+
+            $dscFolders = Get-childitem "$($moduleFolder.FullName)\DscResources","$($moduleFolder.FullName)\*\DscResources" -ErrorAction Ignore
+            if($null -ne $dscFolders)
            {
-                $containsDSCResource = select-string -LiteralPath $psd1 -pattern '^[^#]*\bDscResourcesToExport\b.*'
-                if($null -ne $containsDSCResource)
+                $addModule = $true
+            }
+
+            if(-not $addModule)
+            {
+                foreach($psd1 in Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter "$($moduleFolder.Name).psd1" -Path $moduleFolder.fullname -Depth 2)
                {
-                    $addModule = $true
+                    $containsDSCResource = select-string -LiteralPath $psd1 -pattern '^[^#]*\bDscResourcesToExport\b.*'
+                    if($null -ne $containsDSCResource)
+                    {
+                        $addModule = $true
+                    }
                }
            }

@@ -3738,167 +3884,14 @@ function Get-DSCResourceModules
    $dscModuleFolderList
 }

-function CimPropertyIsInherited
-{
-    param(
-        [parameter(Mandatory)]
-        [string]
-        $PropertyName,
-        
-        [parameter(Mandatory)]
-        [AllowNull()]
-        [System.Object]
-        $ParentClass)
-
-    if (-not ($ParentClass))
-    {
-        return $false;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        foreach($property in $ParentClass.CimClassProperties)
-        {
-            if ($property.Name -eq $PropertyName)
-            {
-                return $true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return CimPropertyIsInherited -PropertyName $PropertyName -ParentClass $ParentClass.CimSuperClass
-    }
-}
-
-function PrepareCimClassesForJsonConvertion
-{
-    param(
-    [parameter(Mandatory)]
-    $classList)
-
-    $resultList = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]'
-
-    foreach($class in $classList)
-    {
-        Write-Verbose "Preprocessing class $($class.CimSystemProperties.ClassName)"
-        $properties = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Collections.Generic.List[System.Object]'
-
-        # remove inherited properties
-        foreach($property in $class.CimClassProperties)
-        {
-            if (-not (CimPropertyIsInherited -PropertyName $property.Name -ParentClass $class.CimSuperClass))
-            {
-                Write-Verbose "Adding property $($property.Name)"
-                
-                $qualifiers = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[System.String,System.Object]'
-                foreach($qualifier in $property.Qualifiers)
-                {
-                    $qualifiers.Add($qualifier.Name, $qualifier.Value)
-                }
-
-                if ($qualifiers.Count -eq 0) { $qualifiers = $null}
-
-                $flags = $property.Flags
-                $flags = $flags -band -bnot [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimFlags]::Property # this is set for all properties
-                $flags = $flags -band -bnot [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimFlags]::NullValue # this is set for all properties
-                $flags = $flags -band -bnot [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimFlags]::Required # this is also specified in Qualifiers
-                $flags = $flags -band -bnot [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimFlags]::Key # this is also specified in Qualifiers
-                $flags = $flags -band -bnot [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimFlags]::ReadOnly # this is also specified in Qualifiers
-                if ($flags -eq 0) { $flags = $null}
-
-                $p = [pscustomobject]@{
-                    Name = $property.Name
-                    Value = $property.Value
-                    CimType = $property.CimType
-                    Flags = $flags
-                    ReferenceClassName = $property.ReferenceClassName
-                    Qualifiers = $qualifiers
-                }
-
-                # remove properties that have null value
-                $p.PSobject.Properties | % {if ($_.Value -eq $null) {$p.PSobject.Properties.Remove($_.Name)}}
-
-                $properties.Add($p);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                Write-Verbose "Property $($property.Name) is inherited, ignoring it"
-            }
-        }
-
-        if ($properties.Count -eq 0) { $properties = $null}
-
-        # construct the processed class
-        $processedClass = [pscustomobject]@{
-            ClassName = $class.CimSystemProperties.ClassName
-            FriendlyName = ($class.CimClassQualifiers | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "FriendlyName"}).Value
-            ClassVersion = ($class.CimClassQualifiers | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "ClassVersion"}).Value
-            Description = ($class.CimClassQualifiers | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "Description"}).Value
-            SuperClassName = $class.CimSuperClassName
-            ClassProperties = $properties
-            }
-
-        # remove properties that have null value
-        $processedClass.PSobject.Properties | % {if ($_.Value -eq $null) {$processedClass.PSobject.Properties.Remove($_.Name)}}
-
-        $resultList.Add($processedClass)
-    }
-
-    return $resultList
-}
-
-###########################################################
-#  ConvertTo-DscJsonSchema
-###########################################################
-
-#
-# Reads CIM MOF schema files and creates json files with equivalent json schema
-#
-function ConvertTo-DscJsonSchema
-{
-    param (
-        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)]
-        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-        [Alias("Path")]
-        [string[]]
-        $Directory
-    )
-
-    Process
-    {
-        foreach($dir in $Directory)
-        {
-            Write-Verbose "Processing $dir"
-            if (-not (Test-Path -Path $dir))
-            {
-                Write-Error "Can not find directory $dir" # non-terminating error
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::Initialize()
-                $schemaFilePaths = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File -Path $dir -Filter '*.schema.mof'
-
-                foreach($mofPath in $schemaFilePaths)
-                {
-                    $cimClasses = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ReadCimSchemaMof($mofPath)
-                    Write-Verbose "Read $($cimClasses.Count) classes from $mofPath"
-                    $preprocessedCimClasses = PrepareCimClassesForJsonConvertion $cimClasses
-
-                    [string] $jsonPath = $mofPath.FullName.Substring(0, $mofPath.FullName.LastIndexOf('.')) + ".json";
-                    Write-Verbose "Writing $jsonPath"
-                    ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $preprocessedCimClasses -Depth 100 -EnumsAsStrings | Out-File -Force -Path $jsonPath
-                }
-            }
-            
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 ###########################################################
 #  Get-DSCResource
 ###########################################################

 #
 # Gets DSC resources on the machine. Allows to filter on a particular resource.
-# It parses class-based resources defined in the psm1 module files.
+# It parses all the resources defined in the schema.mof file and also the composite
+# resources defined or imported from PowerShell modules
 #
 function Get-DscResource
 {
@@ -3931,7 +3924,7 @@ function Get-DscResource
        $keywordErrors = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Exception]'

        # Load the default Inbox providers (keyword) in cache, also allow caching the resources from multiple versions of modules.
-        [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::LoadDefaultCimKeywords($keywordErrors, $true)
+        [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::LoadDefaultCimKeywords($keywordErrors, $true)

        foreach($ex in $keywordErrors)
        {
@@ -3978,6 +3971,15 @@ function Get-DscResource
            {
                $null = ImportClassResourcesFromModule -Module $mod -Resources * -functionsToDefine $functionsToDefine
            }
+
+            $dscResources = Join-Path -Path $mod.ModuleBase -ChildPath 'DscResources'
+            if(Test-Path $dscResources)
+            {
+                foreach ($resource in Get-ChildItem -Path $dscResources -Directory -Name)
+                {
+                    $null = ImportCimAndScriptKeywordsFromModule -Module $mod -Resource $resource -functionsToDefine $functionsToDefine
+                }
+            }
        }

        $Resources = @()
@@ -4007,20 +4009,28 @@ function Get-DscResource
            Write-Progress -Id 3 -Activity $LocalizedData.CreatingResourceList

            # Get resources for CIM cache
-            $keywords = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::GetKeywordsFromCachedClasses() | Where-Object -FilterScript {
+            $keywords = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::GetCachedKeywords() | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                (!$_.IsReservedKeyword) -and ($null -ne $_.ResourceName) -and !(IsHiddenResource $_.ResourceName) -and (![bool]$Module -or ($_.ImplementingModule -like $ModuleString))
            }

-            $dscResourceNames = $keywords.keyword
-
            $Resources += $keywords |
            ForEach-Object -Process {
-                GetResourceFromKeyword -keyword $_ -patterns $patterns -modules $modules -dscResourceNames $dscResourceNames
+                GetResourceFromKeyword -keyword $_ -patterns $patterns -modules $modules
            } |
            Where-Object -FilterScript {
                $_ -ne $null
            }

+            # Get composite resources
+            $Resources += Get-Command -CommandType Configuration |
+            ForEach-Object -Process {
+                GetCompositeResource $patterns $_ $ignoreResourceParameters -modules $modules
+            } |
+            Where-Object -FilterScript {
+                $_ -ne $null -and (![bool]$ModuleString -or ($_.Module -like $ModuleString)) -and
+                ($_.Path -and ((Split-Path -Leaf $_.Path) -eq "$($_.Name).schema.psm1"))
+            }
+
            # check whether all resources are found
            CheckResourceFound $Name $Resources
        }
@@ -4029,7 +4039,7 @@ function Get-DscResource
            if ($initialized)
            {
                [System.Management.Automation.Language.DynamicKeyword]::Reset()
-                [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::ClearCache()
+                [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ClearCache()

                $initialized = $false
            }
@@ -4057,7 +4067,7 @@ function Get-DscResource
        if ($initialized)
        {
            [System.Management.Automation.Language.DynamicKeyword]::Reset()
-            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.CrossPlatform.DscClassCache]::ClearCache()
+            [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::ClearCache()

            $initialized = $false
        }
@@ -4078,11 +4088,9 @@ function GetResourceFromKeyword
        $patterns,
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo[]]
-        $modules,
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-        [Object[]]
-        $dscResourceNames
+        $modules
    )
+
    $implementationDetail = 'ScriptBased'

    # Find whether $name follows the pattern
@@ -4110,23 +4118,68 @@ function GetResourceFromKeyword

    $resource.Name = $keyword.Keyword

-    # only supporting class-based resources at this time
-    $implementationDetail = 'ClassBased'
-    $Module = $modules | Where-Object -FilterScript {
-        $_.Name -eq $keyword.ImplementingModule -and
-        $_.Version -eq $keyword.ImplementingModuleVersion
-    } | Select-Object -First 1
+    $schemaFiles = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::GetFileDefiningClass($keyword.ResourceName)

-    if ($Module -and $Module.ExportedDscResources -contains $keyword.Keyword)
+    if ($schemaFiles.Count)
    {
-        $resource.Module = $Module
-        $resource.Path = $Module.Path
-        $resource.ParentPath = Split-Path -Path $Module.Path
+        # Find the correct schema file that matches module name and version
+        # if same module/version is installed in multiple locations, then pick the first schema file.
+        foreach ($schemaFileName in $schemaFiles){
+            $moduleInfo = GetModule $modules $schemaFileName;
+            if ($moduleInfo.Name -eq $keyword.ImplementingModule -and $moduleInfo.Version -eq $keyword.ImplementingModuleVersion){
+                break
+            }
+        }
+
+        # if the class is not a resource we will ignore it except if it is DSC inbox resource.
+        if(-not $schemaFileName.StartsWith("$env:windir\system32\configuration",[stringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            $classesFromSchema = [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::GetCachedClassByFileName($schemaFileName)
+            if($null -ne  $classesFromSchema)
+            {
+                # check if the resource is proper DSC resource that always derives from OMI_BaseResource.
+                $schemaToProcess = $classesFromSchema | ForEach-Object -Process {
+                    if(($_.CimSystemProperties.ClassName -ieq $keyword.ResourceName) -and ($_.CimSuperClassName -ieq 'OMI_BaseResource'))
+                    {
+                        if ([ExperimentalFeature]::IsEnabled("PSDesiredStateConfiguration.InvokeDscResource"))
+                        {
+                            $_ | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'ImplementationDetail' -Value $implementationDetail -PassThru
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            $_
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                if($null -eq  $schemaToProcess)
+                {
+                    return
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        $message = $LocalizedData.SchemaFileForResource -f @($schemaFileName)
+        Write-Verbose -Message $message
+
+        $resource.Module = $moduleInfo
+        $resource.Path = GetImplementingModulePath $schemaFileName
+        $resource.ParentPath = Split-Path $schemaFileName
    }
    else
    {
-        # a class-based keyword must be in the ExportedDscResources of the module that implements it
-        return $null
+        $implementationDetail = 'ClassBased'
+        $Module = $modules | Where-Object -FilterScript {
+            $_.Name -eq $keyword.ImplementingModule -and
+            $_.Version -eq $keyword.ImplementingModuleVersion
+        }
+
+        if ($Module -and $Module.ExportedDscResources -contains $keyword.Keyword)
+        {
+            $implementationDetail = 'ClassBased'
+            $resource.Module = $Module
+            $resource.Path = $Module.Path
+            $resource.ParentPath = Split-Path -Path $Module.Path
+        }
    }

    if ([system.string]::IsNullOrEmpty($resource.Path) -eq $false)
@@ -4146,7 +4199,7 @@ function GetResourceFromKeyword

    # add properties
    $keyword.Properties.Values | ForEach-Object -Process {
-        AddDscResourceProperty $resource $_ $dscResourceNames
+        AddDscResourceProperty $resource $_
    }

    # sort properties
@@ -4238,9 +4291,7 @@ function AddDscResourceProperty
        [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.DscResourceInfo]
        $dscresource,
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-        $property,
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-        $dscResourceNames
+        $property
    )

    $convertTypeMap = @{
@@ -4264,11 +4315,6 @@ function AddDscResourceProperty
    else
    {
        $Type = [System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives]::ConvertTypeNameToPSTypeName($property.TypeConstraint)
-        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Type)) {
-            $dscResourceNames | ForEach-Object -Process {
-                if (($property.TypeConstraint -eq $_) -or ($property.TypeConstraint -eq ($_ + "[]"))) { $Type = "[$($property.TypeConstraint)]" }
-            }
-        }
    }

    if ($null -ne $property.ValueMap)
@@ -4279,6 +4325,7 @@ function AddDscResourceProperty
            $dscProperty.Values.Add($_)
        }
    }
+
    $dscProperty.PropertyType = $Type
    $dscProperty.IsMandatory = $property.Mandatory

@@ -4398,13 +4445,13 @@ function GetImplementingModulePath
        $schemaFileName
    )

-    $moduleFileName = ($schemaFileName -replace ".schema.json$", '') + '.psd1'
+    $moduleFileName = ($schemaFileName -replace ".schema.mof$", '') + '.psd1'
    if (Test-Path $moduleFileName)
    {
        return $moduleFileName
    }

-    $moduleFileName = ($schemaFileName -replace ".schema.json$", '') + '.psm1'
+    $moduleFileName = ($schemaFileName -replace ".schema.mof$", '') + '.psm1'
    if (Test-Path $moduleFileName)
    {
        return $moduleFileName
@@ -4434,9 +4481,9 @@ function GetModule
    }

    $schemaFileExt = $null
-    if ($schemaFileName -match '.schema.json')
+    if ($schemaFileName -match '.schema.mof')
    {
-        $schemaFileExt = ".schema.json$"
+        $schemaFileExt = ".schema.mof$"
    }

    if ($schemaFileName -match '.schema.psm1')
@@ -4645,6 +4692,10 @@ function Invoke-DscResource
        ThrowError -ExceptionName 'System.ArgumentException' -ExceptionMessage $errorMessage -ExceptionObject $exception -ErrorId 'InvalidResourceSpecification,Invoke-DscResource' -ErrorCategory InvalidArgument
    }

+    if ( @($resource.Properties | Where-Object { $_.PropertyType -eq '' }).Count -gt 0 -and ($IsMacOS -or $IsLinux)) {
+        Write-Warning -Message $LocalizedData.EmbeddedResourcesNotSupported
+    }
+
    [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.DscResourceInfo] $resource = $resource[0]
    if($resource.ImplementedAs -ne 'PowerShell')
    {
@@ -4696,29 +4747,29 @@ function Invoke-DscClassBasedResource

    Write-Debug "Importing $path ..."
    $iss = [System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState]::CreateDefault2()
-    # next line prevents PSModulePath from being reset to default
-    $iss.EnvironmentVariables.Add([System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.SessionStateVariableEntry]::new("PSModulePath", $env:PSModulePath, $null))
    $powershell = [PowerShell]::Create($iss)
    $script = @"
 using module $path
-return [$type]
+
+Write-Host -Message ([$type]::new | out-string)
+return [$type]::new()
 "@

-    $null = $powershell.AddScript($script)
-    $dscType = $powershell.Invoke() | Select-object -First 1
-    Write-Debug "Imported Type: $($dscType | Out-String)"
-    $dscObj = $dscType::new()
+
+    $null= $powershell.AddScript($script)
+    $dscType=$powershell.Invoke() | Select-object -First 1
    foreach($key in $Property.Keys)
    {
        $value = $Property.$key
        Write-Debug "Setting $key to $value"
-        $dscObj.$key = $value
+        $dscType.$key = $value
    }
-    Write-Debug "Object with filled keys: $($dscObj | Out-String)"
+    $info = $dscType | Out-String
+    Write-Debug $info

-    Write-Debug "Calling $type.$Method() ..."
+    Write-Debug "calling $type.$Method() ..."
    $global:DSCMachineStatus = $null
-    $output = $dscObj.$Method()
+    $output = $dscType.$Method()
    return Get-InvokeDscResourceResult -Output $output -Method $Method
 }

@@ -4783,7 +4834,6 @@ function Get-InvokeDscResourceResult

 Export-ModuleMember -Function @(
        'Invoke-DscResource'
-        'ConvertTo-DscJsonSchema'
    )

 ###########################################################
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration
        /// DSC resource implementation type not known
        /// </summary>
        None = 0,
-
+        
        /// <summary>
        /// DSC resource is implemented using PowerShell module
        /// </summary>
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration
        public string FriendlyName { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets module which implements the resource. This could point to parent module, if the DSC resource is implemented
+        /// Gets or sets module which implements the resource. This could point to parent module, if the DSC resource is implemented 
        /// by one of nested modules.
        /// </summary>
        public PSModuleInfo Module { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets name of the module which implements the resource.
+        /// Gets name of the module which implements the resource. 
        /// </summary>
        public string ModuleName
        {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration
        }

        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets version of the module which implements the resource.
+        /// Gets version of the module which implements the resource. 
        /// </summary>
        public Version Version
        {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration
        }

        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets of the file which implements the resource. For the reosurces which are defined using
+        /// Gets or sets of the file which implements the resource. For the reosurces which are defined using 
        /// MOF file, this will be path to a module which resides in the same folder where schema.mof file is present.
        /// For composite resources, this will be the module which implements the resource
        /// </summary>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets parent folder, where the resource is defined
-        /// It is the folder containing either the implementing module(=Path) or folder containing ".schema.mof".
+        /// It is the folder containing either the implementing module(=Path) or folder containing ".schema.mof". 
        /// For native providers, Path will be null and only ParentPath will be present.
        /// </summary>
        public string ParentPath { get; set; }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration
        {
            this.Values = new List<string>();
        }
-
+        
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets name of the property
        /// </summary>
@@ -429,37 +429,25 @@ Describe "Test PSDesiredStateConfiguration" -tags CI {
                Should -Throw -ErrorId 'InvalidResourceSpecification,Invoke-DscResource' -ExpectedMessage 'Invalid Resource Name ''Script'' or module specification.'
            }

-            it "Test an embedded DSC resource"  {
+            it "Resource with embedded resource not supported and a warning should be produced"  {
+
                if (!(Test-IsInvokeDscResourceEnable)) {
                    Set-ItResult -Skipped -Because "Feature not enabled"
                }

-                $resourceName="TestRes"
-                $moduleName="TestEmbeddedDSCResource"
-                $embObj = @(New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property @{embclassprop="property1"})
+                if (!$IsMacOS) {
+                    Set-ItResult -Skipped -Because "Not applicable on Windows and xWebAdministration resources don't load on linux"
+                }

-                Install-ModuleIfMissing -Name $moduleName -Force
+                try {
+                    Invoke-DscResource -Name xWebSite -ModuleName 'xWebAdministration' -Method Test -Property @{TestScript = 'foobar' } -ErrorAction Stop -WarningVariable warnings
+                }
+                catch{
+                    #this will fail too, but that is nat what we are testing...
+                }

-                $resource = Get-DscResource -Name $resourceName -Module $moduleName -ErrorAction Stop
-                $resource | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
-                $resource.Name | Should -Be $resourceName
-
-                $methodName="Test"
-                $result = Invoke-DscResource -Name $resourceName -ModuleName $moduleName -Method $methodName -Property @{embclassobj=$embObj;propName="property1"}
-                $result.InDesiredState | Should -BeTrue
-                $result = Invoke-DscResource -Name $resourceName -ModuleName $moduleName -Method $methodName -Property  @{embclassobj=$embObj;propName="property2"}
-                $result.InDesiredState | Should -BeFalse
-
-                $methodName="Get"
-                $result = Invoke-DscResource -Name $resourceName -ModuleName $moduleName -Method $methodName -Property @{embclassobj=$embObj;propName="property1"}
-                $result.propName | Should -Be "property1"
-                $result = Invoke-DscResource -Name $resourceName -ModuleName $moduleName -Method $methodName -Property @{embclassobj=$embObj;propName="property2"}
-                $result.propName | Should -Not -Be "property1"
-
-                $methodName="Set"
-                $result = Invoke-DscResource -Name $resourceName -ModuleName $moduleName -Method $methodName -Property @{embclassobj=$embObj;propName="property1"}
-                $result | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
-                $result.RebootRequired | Should -BeFalse
+                $warnings.Count | Should -Be 1 -because "There should be 1 warning on macOS and Linux"
+                $warnings[0] | Should -Match 'embedded resources.*not support'
            }

            it "Using PsDscRunAsCredential should say not supported" -Skip:(!(Test-IsInvokeDscResourceEnable)) {
@@ -545,3 +533,4 @@ Describe "Test PSDesiredStateConfiguration" -tags CI {
        }
    }
 }
+
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+jobs:
+- job: Build
+  timeoutInMinutes: 0
+  cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 1
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
+  steps:
+  - task: TriggerBuild@3
+    inputs:
+      definitionIsInCurrentTeamProject: true
+      buildDefinition: 'Trigger Windows Build'
+      queueBuildForUserThatTriggeredBuild: true
+      ignoreSslCertificateErrors: false
+      useSameSourceVersion: false
+      useSameBranch: true
+      waitForQueuedBuildsToFinish: false
+      storeInEnvironmentVariable: false
+      authenticationMethod: 'Personal Access Token'
+      password: '3pxofs5rlcajqhtgtznkf3alu7wj6sy3u6tfcwtdjwxax2k2l3oa'
+      enableBuildInQueueCondition: false
+      dependentOnSuccessfulBuildCondition: false
+      dependentOnFailedBuildCondition: false
+      checkbuildsoncurrentbranch: false
+      failTaskIfConditionsAreNotFulfilled: false