diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Omi/test/Start-DscConfiguration.Tests.ps1 b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Omi/test/Start-DscConfiguration.Tests.ps1
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+# Note that omicli must be in PATH and omiserver should be started with
+#    --ignoreAuthentication option
+
+$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$mof = "$here/assets/sample.mof"
+$file = "/tmp/linux.txt"
+
+Describe "Start-DscConfiguration" {
+    Import-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Omi
+
+    It "Should create file per sample MOF file" {
+        $s = Start-DscConfiguration -ConfigurationMof $mof | 
+                Where-Object {$_.NAME -eq "ReturnValue"}
+        $s.VALUE    | Should Be "0"
+        $file       | Should Exist
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Omi/test/sample.mof b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Omi/test/sample.mof
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+instance of MSFT_nxFileResource
+{
+	Contents = "my contents";
+	DestinationPath = "/tmp/linux.txt";
+	Ensure = "Present";
+	Type = "File";
+	Owner = "root";
+	Group = "root";
+	Mode = "644";
+	ResourceId = "[MSFT_nxFileResource]File1";
+	ModuleName = "nx";
+	ModuleVersion = "1.0";
+	
+	
+};
+
+instance of OMI_ConfigurationDocument
+{
+  Version="1.0.0";
+  
+};
+