Important DSC Commands

Command	Action
Stops debugging of DSC resources	Disable-DscDebug
Starts debugging of all DSC resources	Enable-DscDebug
Gets the current configuration of the nodes	Get-DscConfiguration
Retrieves data about completed configuration runs	Get-DscConfigurationStatus
Gets LCM settings and states for the node	Get-DscLocalConfigurationManager
Gets the DSC resources present on the computer	Get-DscResource
Runs a method of a specified DSC resource	Invoke-DscResource
Creates checksum files for DSC documents and DSC resources	New-DscCheckSum
Publishes a DSC configuration to a set of computers	Publish-DscConfiguration
Removes a configuration document from the DSC configuration store	Remove-DscConfigurationDocument
Reapplies the previous configuration for the node	Restore-DscConfiguration
Applies LCM settings to nodes	Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager
Applies configuration to nodes	Start-DscConfiguration
Stops a running configuration	Stop-DscConfiguration
Tests whether the actual configuration on the nodes matches the desired configuration	Test-DscConfiguration
Checks the pull server for an updated configuration and applies it	Update-DscConfiguration

Command	Action
Update DSC configuration on local computer	Update-DscConfiguration -verbose -wait
Run DSC configuration on local computer	Start-DscConfiguration -verbose -wait -useexisting
Get DSC local configuration manager	Get-DscLocalConfigurationManager Select-Object -ExpandProperty ConfigurationDownloadManagers
Get all DSC resources from a DSC Module	Get-DscResource-Name xoap* -Module xoap*