v3.0.0-preview0001

[v3.0.0-preview0001]

Added

• xWindowsUpdate
  • Added automatic release with a new CI pipeline.
• xWindowsUpdateAgent
  • Added Retry logic to known transient errors (issue #24).

Changed

• xWindowsUpdate
  • Moved the Set-StrictMode so that it is used during testing only and
    not during runtime.
  • Removed the helper function Trace-Message and using the Write-Verbose
    directly instead.
  • The helper function New-InvalidArgumentException was replaced by
    its equivalent in the module DscResource.Common.
• xWindowsUpdateAgent
  • Removed the $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess calls from code since DSC does not
    support interactive actions.
  • No longer defaults to output verbose messages.

Removed

• xWindowsUpdate
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Removed the deprecated resource xMicrosoftUpdate

v2.8.0

• xWindowsUpdateAgent: Fixed verbose statement returning incorrect variable
• Tests no longer fail on Assert-VerifiableMocks, these are now renamed
  to Assert-VerifiableMock (breaking change in Pester v4).
• README.md has been updated with correct description of the resources
  (issue #58).
• Updated appveyor.yml to use the correct parameters to call the test framework.
• Update appveyor.yml to use the default template.
• Added default template files .gitattributes, and .gitignore, and
  .vscode folder.

v2.7.0

• xWindowsUpdateAgent: Fix Get-TargetResource returning incorrect key

v2.6.0

• Converted appveyor.yml to install Pester from PSGallery instead of from
  Chocolatey.
• Fixed PSScriptAnalyzer issues.
• Fixed common test breaks (markdown style, and example style).
• Added CodeCov.io reporting
• Deprecated xMicrosoftUpdate as it's functionality is replaced by
  xWindowsUpdateAgent

v2.5.0

• Added xWindowsUpdateAgent

v2.4.0

• Fixed PSScriptAnalyzer error in examples

v2.3.0

• MSFT_xWindowsUpdate: Fixed an issue in the Get-TargetResource function,
  resulting in the Get-DscConfiguration cmdlet now working appropriately
  when the resource is applied.
• MSFT_xWindowsUpdate: Fixed an issue in the Set-TargetResource function
  that was causing the function to fail when the installation of a hotfix
  did not provide an exit code.

v2.2.0

• Minor fixes

v2.1.0

• Added xMicrosoftUpdate DSC resource which can be used to enable/disable
  Microsoft Update in the Windows Update Settings.

v2.0.0

• Initial release with the xHotfix resource