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Software Installation Using Machine Configuration and Azure Policy

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AnthonyWatherston
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Dec 26, 2022
I did a post a while ago on installing software onto virtual machines using policy state change events as the trigger. Now with the general availability of Azure Automanage Machine Configuration (for...
Updated Dec 27, 2022
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Loganathan Venkatesan
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Nov 20, 2023

I'm getting below error while compile the configuration itself and this is my configuration.

Configuration App1 {
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName xPSDesiredStateConfiguration

    Node localhost {
        xPackage App1 {
            Ensure = 'Present'
            Name = 'App1'
            Path = 'https://azstorage.blob.core.windows.net/package/app1.exe'
            ProductId = ''
            Arguments = '/quiet /norestart'
        }
    }
}

App1

Error: WARNING: Module PSDesiredStateConfiguration is loaded in Windows PowerShell using WinPSCompatSession remoting session; please note that all input and output of commands from this module will be deserialized objects. If you want to load this module into PowerShell please use 'Import-Module -SkipEditionCheck' syntax. Configuration: Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'ResourceModuleTuplesToImport'. Cannot convert the "System.Collections.ArrayList" value of type "System.Collections.ArrayList" to type "System.Tuple`3[System.String[],Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleSpecification[],System.Version]".