Couldn't run the provided script while defining the configuration about powershell-docs-dsc

[michaeltlombardi]

Hi, @ethanhou99! Thanks for submitting this issue. I think the root of your problem here is that you're trying to use the configuration keyword in PowerShell 7.2 / with DSC v3. v3 is still in preview at this time.

The documentation you were reading is for DSC v1.1. The getting started documentation for v3 is here and does not mention the configuration keyword because it is not supported in v3.

Another significant change in DSC v3 is that only class-based DSC Resources are supported. While v3 is in preview, many resources have not yet been converted to be class-based. Unfortunately, this includes the Environment resource.

If you'd like to use the documentation you were reading, you'd need to use Windows PowerShell 5.1 and DSC v1.1, which ships with that version of PowerShell. To ensure it loads properly, you'll need to either uninstall the newer version of the PSDesiredStateConfiguration module or ensure you import it with the MaximumVersion parameter set to 1.1:

Import-Module PSDesiredStateConfiguration -MaximumVersion 1.1

I'm going to close this issue for now, but if you have more questions or comments, please do let me know!