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Troubleshooting missing prerequisites for Azure Machine Configuration - in 3 easy steps!

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mutemwamasheke
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Jun 10, 2025

A 3-step guide on how to ensure your Azure Virtual Machines have the Machine Configuration prerequisites correctly enabled.

Overview Machine configuration provides a platform to extend Azure Policy into the VM operating system, to audit and configure OS settings at scale. Many machine configuration policies are assigned...
Updated Jun 10, 2025
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GregorySuvalian
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Jul 26, 2025

Azure Policy only allows `string` as parameter, it's super common to pass arrays (think list of application to be installed, or list of services to make sure are running). Is it on roadmap to extend to support those or we somehow moved backwards from DSC?