Invoke-DscResource can't be used with composite resources

[DennisL68]

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A composite resource is a configuration, it never gets loaded by the LCM. (A configuration needs to be compiled and the resources it calls are the ones that the LCM needs to load). This is why an Invoke-DscResource on a composite resource will not work and you should call it on the underlying resource.

See, http://nanalakshmanan.com/blog/Composite-Resources-Explained/

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/psdesiredstateconfiguration/invoke-dscresource?view=dsc-2.0

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs-DSC/blob/main/dsc/dsc-2.0/PSDesiredStateConfiguration/Invoke-DscResource.md

Author

@sdwheeler

Document Id

1ab73932-fc3e-496b-633a-31f01704dec9