ComputerManagementDsc VS ActiveDirectoryDsc

Compare ComputerManagementDsc vs ActiveDirectoryDsc and see what are their differences.

ComputerManagementDsc

DSC resources for for configuration of a Windows computer. These DSC resources allow you to perform computer management tasks, such as renaming the computer, joining a domain and scheduling tasks as well as configuring items such as virtual memory, event logs, time zones and power settings. (by dsccommunity)

ActiveDirectoryDsc

This module contains DSC resources for deployment and configuration of Active Directory Domain Services. (by dsccommunity)
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ComputerManagementDsc ActiveDirectoryDsc
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MIT License MIT License
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ComputerManagementDsc

Posts with mentions or reviews of ComputerManagementDsc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-07.

ActiveDirectoryDsc

Posts with mentions or reviews of ActiveDirectoryDsc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Needing to find all groups that are a member of X AD group
    1 project | /r/PowerShell | 12 Apr 2022
    I wonder if powershell 7 has addressed this. Similarly described issue was reviewed and pull request accepted: https://github.com/dsccommunity/ActiveDirectoryDsc/issues/616
  • Output from DSC resources
    1 project | /r/PowerShell | 12 Jun 2021
    I was scripting today, using a ADManagedServiceAccount. https://github.com/dsccommunity/ActiveDirectoryDsc/wiki/ADManagedServiceAccount the last attribute there is a "DistinguishedName" marked as read. Do anyone have any idea how to access it?
  • Move computer to AD OU
    1 project | /r/ansible | 16 Mar 2021
    I would try using DSC for that. https://github.com/dsccommunity/ActiveDirectoryDsc/wiki/ADComputer

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ComputerManagementDsc and ActiveDirectoryDsc you can also consider the following projects:

NetworkingDsc - DSC resources for configuring settings related to networking.

Microsoft365DSC - Manages, configures, extracts and monitors Microsoft 365 tenant configurations

Puppet.Dsc - Convert DSC resources into Puppet Resource API types and providers

xDhcpServer - This module contains DSC resources for deployment and configuration of Microsoft DHCP Server.

SRDSC - Script Runner DSC Module Extension!

SqlServerDsc - This module contains DSC resources for deployment and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server.