diff --git a/functional-tests/CloudbaseInit.Tests.ps1 b/functional-tests/CloudbaseInit.Tests.ps1
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+$global:here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+Import-Module "${here}/ini.psm1"
+
+$global:metadataService = "empty"
+$cloudbaseInitRegistryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init"
+
+
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.mtu.MTUPlugin {
+    # NOOP
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.mtu.MTUPlugin {
+    # NOOP
+}
+
+
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.ntpclient.NTPClientPlugin {
+    It "w32time service should exist" {
+        { Get-Service "w32time" -ErrorAction Stop } | Should -Not -Throw
+    }
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.ntpclient.NTPClientPlugin {
+    It "w32time service should be running" {
+        $status = (Get-Service "w32time" -ErrorAction Stop).Status
+        $status | Should -Be "Running"
+    }
+}
+
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.sanpolicy.SANPolicyPlugin {
+    It "Get-StorageSetting should return" {
+        { (Get-StorageSetting).NewDiskPolicy } | Should -Not -Throw
+    }
+}
+
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.sanpolicy.SANPolicyPlugin {
+    It "Get-StorageSetting should be OnlineAll" {
+        $sanPolicy = (Get-StorageSetting).NewDiskPolicy
+        $sanPolicy | Should -Be "OnlineAll"
+    }
+}
+
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.displayidletimeout.DisplayIdleTimeoutConfigPlugin {
+    It "powercfg returns SUB_VIDEO VIDEOIDLE" {
+        $powerCfgOut = $(cmd /c 'powercfg /query SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOIDLE') `
+            | Select-String -Pattern "Current AC Power Setting Index:"
+        $powerCfgOut.Matches.Count | Should -Be 1
+    }
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.displayidletimeout.DisplayIdleTimeoutConfigPlugin {
+    It "powercfg returns SUB_VIDEO VIDEOIDLE 0" {
+        $powerCfgOut = $(cmd /c 'powercfg /query SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOIDLE') `
+            | Select-String -Pattern "Current AC Power Setting Index: 0x00000000"
+        $powerCfgOut.Matches.Count | Should -Be 1
+    }
+}
+
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.bootconfig.BootStatusPolicyPlugin {
+     It "bcdedit returns base identifier" {
+        $bcdOut = $(cmd /c 'bcdedit /enum {current}') `
+            | Select-String -Pattern "identifier"
+        $bcdOut.Matches.Count | Should -Be 1
+     }
+
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.bootconfig.BootStatusPolicyPlugin {
+     It "bcdedit returns ignoreallfailures" {
+        $bcdOut = $(cmd /c 'bcdedit /enum {current}') `
+            | Select-String -Pattern "ignoreallfailures"
+        $bcdOut.Matches.Count | Should -Be 1
+     }
+}
+
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.sethostname.SetHostNamePlugin {
+
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.sethostname.SetHostNamePlugin {
+
+}
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.extendvolumes.ExtendVolumesPlugin {
+
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.extendvolumes.ExtendVolumesPlugin {
+
+}
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.userdata.UserDataPlugin {
+
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.userdata.UserDataPlugin {
+
+}
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.winrmlistener.ConfigWinRMListenerPlugin {
+
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.winrmlistener.ConfigWinRMListenerPlugin {
+
+}
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.localscripts.LocalScriptsPlugin {
+
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.localscripts.LocalScriptsPlugin {
+
+}
+function before.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.trim.TrimConfigPlugin {
+
+}
+function after.cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.trim.TrimConfigPlugin {
+
+}
+
+BeforeDiscovery {
+    $global:metadataService | Should -Be "empty"
+    $metadataServiceConfigFile = Resolve-Path "$here/../$metadataService/cloudbase-init.conf"
+    $pluginList = Get-IniFileValue -Path $metadataServiceConfigFile -Section "DEFAULT" `
+                                      -Key "plugins" `
+                                      -Default ""
+    $pluginList = $pluginList.Split(",")
+}
+
+Describe "TestVerifyBeforeAllPlugins" {
+    foreach ($plugin in $pluginList) {
+        if (!$plugin) {
+            return
+        }
+        Context "Verify state for plugin ${plugin}"{
+            & "before.${plugin}"
+
+            It "Checks for Registry Key state ${plugin}" {
+                $propertyName = "TEST"
+                $propertyValue = "NOT_INITIALIZED"
+                try {
+                    $propertyValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $cloudbaseInitRegistryPath -Name $propertyNameopertyName -ErrorAction "Stop"
+                } catch {
+                    $propertyValue = "NOT_EXISTENT"
+                }
+                $propertyValue | Should -BeExactly "NOT_EXISTENT"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Describe "TestVerifyAfterAllPlugins" {
+    $pluginList | ForEach-Object {
+        $plugin = $_
+        if (!$plugin) {
+            return
+        }
+        & "after.${plugin}"
+
+        It "Checks for Registry Key state ${plugin}" {
+            $propertyName = "TEST"
+            $propertyValue = "NOT_INITIALIZED"
+            try {
+                $propertyValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $cloudbaseInitRegistryPath -Name $propertyNameopertyName -ErrorAction "Stop"
+            } catch {
+                $propertyValue = "NOT_EXISTENT"
+            }
+            $propertyValue | Should -BeExactly "NOT_EXISTENT"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/functional-tests/ini.psm1 b/functional-tests/ini.psm1
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+<#
+Copyright 2014 Cloudbase Solutions Srl
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+#>
+
+$Source = @"
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace PSCloudbase
+{
+    public sealed class Win32IniApi
+    {
+        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
+        public static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(
+           string lpAppName,
+           string lpKeyName,
+           string lpDefault,
+           StringBuilder lpReturnedString,
+           uint nSize,
+           string lpFileName);
+
+        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        public static extern bool WritePrivateProfileString(
+           string lpAppName,
+           string lpKeyName,
+           StringBuilder lpString, // Don't use string, as Powershell replaces $null with an empty string
+           string lpFileName);
+
+        [DllImport("Kernel32.dll")]
+        public static extern uint GetLastError();
+    }
+}
+"@
+
+Add-Type -TypeDefinition $Source -Language CSharp
+
+function Get-IniFileValue
+{   <#
+    .SYNOPSIS
+     This function returns the value of the key specified as a parameter.
+    #>
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param
+    (
+        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+        [string]$Key,
+
+        [parameter()]
+        [string]$Section = "DEFAULT",
+
+        [parameter()]
+        [string]$Default = $null,
+
+        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$Path,
+
+        [parameter()]
+        [switch]$AsBoolean
+    )
+    process
+    {
+        $Path = Resolve-Path $Path
+        $sb = New-Object -TypeName "System.Text.StringBuilder" -ArgumentList 1000
+        $retVal = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetPrivateProfileString($Section, $Key, $Default, $sb, $sb.Capacity, $Path)
+        if (!$retVal)
+        {
+            $lastErr = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
+            if ($lastErr -ne 2)
+            {
+                throw "Cannot get value from ini file: " + [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
+            }
+            elseif (!(Test-Path $Path))
+            {
+                throw "Ini file '$Path' does not exist"
+            }
+        }
+
+        $value = $sb.ToString()
+        if($AsBoolean)
+        {
+            return [System.Convert]::ToBoolean($value)
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return $value
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function Set-IniFileValue
+{   <#
+    .SYNOPSIS
+     This function sets a value to the key within the file specified as a parameter.
+    #>
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param
+    (
+        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+        [string]$Key,
+
+        [parameter()]
+        [string]$Section = "DEFAULT",
+
+        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$Value,
+
+        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$Path
+    )
+    process
+    {
+        $Path = Resolve-Path $Path
+        $retVal = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::WritePrivateProfileString($Section, $Key, $Value, $Path)
+        if (!$retVal -and [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError())
+        {
+            throw "Cannot set value in ini file: " + [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function Remove-IniFileValue
+{   <#
+    .SYNOPSIS
+     This function removes a value from the ini file specified as a parameter.
+    #>
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param
+    (
+        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+        [string]$Key,
+
+        [parameter()]
+        [string]$Section = "DEFAULT",
+
+        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$Path
+    )
+    process
+    {
+        $Path = Resolve-Path $Path
+        $retVal = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::WritePrivateProfileString($Section, $Key, $null, $Path)
+        if (!$retVal -and [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError())
+        {
+            throw "Cannot remove value from ini file: " + [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Export-ModuleMember Get-IniFileValue, Set-IniFileValue, Remove-IniFileValue