InternetExplorer

InternetExplorer

A composite DSC resource to manage the Internet Explorer STIG settings

Requirements

None

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
BrowserVersion	True	Int	The version of the Browser STIG to apply and monitor	IE11
StigVersion	False	Version	The version of the Windows Server DNS STIG to apply and/or monitor	1.13,1.15
Exception	False	PSObject	A hashtable of @{StigId = @{Property = 'Value'}} that is injected into the STIG data and applied to the target node.
OrgSettings	False	PSObject	The path to the XML file that contains the local organizations preferred settings for STIG items that have allowable ranges.
SkipRule	False	PSObject	The SkipRule Node is injected into the STIG data and applied to the target node. The title of STIG settings are tagged with the text 'Skip' to identify the skips to policy across the data center when you centralize DSC log collection.
SkipRuleType	False	PSObject	All STIG rule IDs of the specified type are collected in an array and passed to the Skip-Rule function. Each rule follows the same process as the SkipRule parameter.

Examples

Example 1

In this example, the Internet Explorer 11 STIG is processed by the composite resource

Configuration Example
{
    param
    (
        [parameter()]
        [string]
        $NodeName = 'localhost'
    )

    Import-DscResource -ModuleName PowerStig

    Node $NodeName
    {
        InternetExplorer InternetExplorerSettings
        {
            BrowserVersion = '11'
            Stigversion    = '1.17'
        }
    }
}

Example