PSAutoLab_v4.5.0

Change Log for PSAutoLab

v4.5.0

Add

• Added the parameter -UseLocalTimeZone to Invoke-SetupLab and Unattend-Lab to overwrite configuration specified timezone information with the time zone of the local host. (Issue #185)

Change

• Updated Lability requirement to version 0.19.0
• Updated xPSDesiredStateConfiguration DSC resource requirement to version 9.0.0
• Updated xDnsServer DSC resource requirement requirement to 1.16.0.0
• Updated xWebAdministration DSC resource requirement requirement to 3.1.1
• Updated PSAutoLab.psm1 to display a message if Lability version is outdated.
• Updated Invoke-RefreshHost to include a -SkipPublisherCheck parameter
• Updated private function _labilityCheck to include a -SkipPublisherCheck parameter
• Updated LICENSE
• Updated Usage-FAQ.md
• Updated Instruction.md for each configuration to include information about installing Windows Updates
• Help updates
• Updated README.md

Delete

• Removed Windows update tools from PostSetup in the PowerShellLab configuration. Use Update-Lab instead.

Notes

Beginning with this version, the change log is now in markdown and will provide more details about what has changed in the module.

PSAutolab_v4.4.0

Changelog for PSAutoLab

v4.4.0

Modified Pester tests with a little more error handling.
Moved default user location to the Employees OU instead of the domain root for the PowerShellLab configuration
Added Test-isAdministrator private function
Updated Get-PSAutolabSetting to reflect memory in GB, report on percent free memory, and Hyper-V version
Updated Get-PSAutolabSetting to show all installed versions of Lability and PSAutolab modules
Updated Get-PSAutolabSetting to show if running with elevated privileges
Updated xPSDesiredStateConfiguration resource to 8.10.0.0
Updated xDNSServer to 1.15.0.0
Added Invoke-WUUpdate as a private function with a public wrapper function of Update-Lab to install Windows Updates on the virtual machines.
Help and documentation updates

Be sure to run Refresh-Host after installing this update.

PSAutoLab_v4.3.0

Install or update this version from the PowerShell Gallery using Install-Module or Update-Module.

This release is for Github archive and change tracking purposes.

Changelog

• Added code when setting up host to update Pester (Issue #195)
• Updated configurations to use xComputerManagement (Issue #196)
• Updated configuration scripts to better import DSC resource modules
• Modified Wipe-Lab to allow removing lab elements without prompting and removing Lab switch is now optional. (Issue #191)
• Modified Unattend-Lab to run in a background job (Issue #190)
• Updated Get-PSAutolabSetting to get Pester version (Issue #197)
• Updated Get-Labsnapshot (Issue #192)
• Help updates

PSAutolab_v4.x.x

Install or update this version from the PowerShell Gallery using Install-Module or Update-Module.

This release is for Github archive and change tracking purposes.

Changelog

v4.2.0

• Updates to Setup-Lab to better handle DSCResource installation (Issue #194)
• Updated DSC Resource module versions in configuration files

v4.1.1

• Updated configurations to run better outside the configuration folder so commands can be run with Start-Job
• Updated configuration tests to better handle paths outside the configuration folder
• Modified functions to better resolve the . path
• Updates to Usage-FAQ.md
• Updates to README.md
• Minor updates to Updating.md
• Archived Authoring-FAQ.md. Most material was integrated into Usage-FAQ.md

v4.1.0

• Added SingleServer configuration (Issue #186)
• Modified Snapshot-Lab and Refresh-Lab to allow user to specify a snapshot name (Issue #184)
• Added Get-LabSnapshot to list available snapshots
• Modified all commands with a -Path to use the parameter. Removed hard-coded reference to ".".
• Added MultiRole configuration
• Updated Wipe-Lab to only remove VHD files associated with the virtual machines in the configuration
• Added WhatIf support to Wipe-Lab
• Help and documentation updates

v4.0.0

• Complete rewrite and update of all core module commands including better error handling
• Added Refresh-Host which can be used copy new configurations when updating this module
• Added Get-PSAutoLabSettings to get related version and setting information to aid in troubleshooting
• Added a Changelog
• Published AutoLab module to the PowerShell Gallery
• Configuration updates and testing
• Archived obsolete configurations
• Added external help
• Documentation updates
• Updated README.md
• Updated LICENSE

v3.1.1 Production Release

DO NOT INSTALL - ALL GITHUB RELEASES OLDER THAN 4.0 SHOULD BE CONSIDERED OBSOLETE. INSTALL NEW VERSIONS FROM THE POWERSHELL GALLERY

v3.1.0 Production Release

Updates PSAutolab module with -IgnorePendingReboot parameter for Unattend-lab and Setup-Lab.

Deprecation announcement - see readme.md

v3.0.4 Production Release

Version 1.1.0 of the PSAutolab module with -IgnorePendingReboot parameter for Unattend-lab and Setup-Lab.

Deprecation announcement - see readme.md

v3.0.3 Production Release

Version 1.1.0 of the PSAutolab module with -IgnorePendingReboot parameter for Unattend-lab and Setup-Lab.

Deprecation announcement - see readme.md

v3.0.2 Production Release

Added configuration for Michael Bender course

v3.0.1 Production Release

• Bug fix for convergence of the DC DSC Configuration with ADCS
• See previous release (v3.0.0) for additional information about major release