v3.4.0-preview.2: (MAINT) Update PowerShell adapter code for PSSA (#1770)

[Mikey Lombardi (He/Him) (michaeltlombardi)]

What's Changed

These release notes describe updates to DSC since the 3.4.0-preview.1 release.

This document includes the following sections:

• Added for changes that improve or add functionality without breaking existing usage.
• Fixed for changes that resolve a bug in existing behavior.
• Documentation for changes that only affect documentation.
• Maintenance for changes that affect the project or internals without changing the user experience.

Each section has one or more subsections describing the area that the change affects:

• CLI for changes that affect the user eperience when invoking dsc itself.
• Engine for changes that affect the DSC engine, configuration documents, and manifests.
• Resources for changes that affect specific DSC resources.
• Server for changes that affect DSC when running as a JSON-RPC/MCP server.
• Bicep extension for changes that affect the Bicep extension.

For the full changelog, see v3.3.0-rc.2...v3.3.0

Added

Engine

• Fix multiline escaped DSC string parsing by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Fix multiline escaped DSC string parsing #1732

Resources

• Add environment path variable resource by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Add environment path variable resource #1726
• Create missing parent directories for FileContent by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Create missing parent directories for FileContent #1730
• Add ACL support to Registry resources by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Add ACL support to Registry resources #1752
• Add Microsoft.Filesystem/ACL resource by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Add Microsoft.Filesystem/ACL resource #1751
• Add a Windows Configuration Service Provider adapter by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Add a Windows Configuration Service Provider adapter #1774

Fixed

Engine

• (directives.version is checked against dsc-lib's crate version (3.2.0), not the running dsc version #1735) Fix directives version against running dsc version by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in (GH-1735) Fix directives version against running dsc version #1744
• Fix how secureString and secureObject is accessed in an expression by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Fix how secureString and secureObject is accessed in an expression #1756
• Fix secret() function and secret extension to support returning secureObject by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Fix secret() function and secret extension to support returning secureObject #1757
• fix: return validation exit code for schema failures by sean0407 in fix: return validation exit code for schema failures #1754
• (Make it impossible to accidentally define a nonfunctional secret extension #1729) Make nonfunctional secret extension manifests invalid by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in (GH-1729) Make nonfunctional secret extension manifests invalid #1745

Resources

• Fix export for filecontent resource by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Fix export for filecontent resource #1723
• Fix DISM resource input handling by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Fix DISM resource input handling #1741

Server

• Fix wrapped configuration parameters in DSC server by Brandon Poe (@Bpoe) in Fix wrapped configuration parameters in DSC server #1739

Documentation

• docs: Update shared definitions and Microsoft.DSC metadata reference by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in docs: Update shared definitions and Microsoft.DSC metadata reference #1704
• docs: Refresh configuration function reference by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in docs: Refresh configuration function reference #1705
• docs: Update extension schema reference by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in docs: Update extension schema reference #1706
• docs: Add Windows Update resource documentation by Michal Machniak (@mimachniak) in docs: Add Windows Update resource documentation #1733
• docs: Update resource schema reference by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in docs: Update resource schema reference #1708
• docs: Update output schemas, schema URIs, and dsc function CLI reference by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in docs: Update output schemas, schema URIs, and dsc function CLI reference #1709
• Add contribution workflow and synopsis by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in Add contribution workflow and synopsis #1057
• docs: Update configuration document schema reference by Gijs Reijn (@Gijsreyn) in docs: Update configuration document schema reference #1707

Maintenance

• Update build.ps1 -test -project to be scoped to the project for running tests by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Update build.ps1 -test -project to be scoped to the project for running tests #1742
• Bump the github-actions group with 2 updates by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in Bump the github-actions group with 2 updates #1753
• Fix debug trace test by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Fix debug trace test #1762
• Split Windows Pester CI jobs to reduce CI time by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Split Windows Pester CI jobs to reduce CI time #1773
• Fix packages.microsoft.com publishing to have different packagename for previews by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Fix packages.microsoft.com publishing to have different packagename for previews #1747
• Change from calling exit() to returning ExitCode from Rust executables by Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) in Change from calling exit() to returning ExitCode from Rust executables #1743
• Add structured handling for settings by Mikey Lombardi (He/Him) (@michaeltlombardi) in Add structured handling for settings #1690
• (MAINT) Update PowerShell adapter code for PSSA by Mikey Lombardi (He/Him) (@michaeltlombardi) in (MAINT) Update PowerShell adapter code for PSSA #1770
• Add Python adapter RFC by Thomas Nieto (@ThomasNieto) in Add Python adapter RFC #1643

New Contributors

• sean0407 made their first contribution in fix: return validation exit code for schema failures #1754

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