Support for terraform azurerm_policy_virtual_machine_configuration_assignment using dsc3.0?

[cschar]

Hello,

I was browsing the Azure Machine Configuration Docs, and saw that there was a section where we build out a .mof file [1] and then save it as a .zip [1], set as a policy [2] and set as a target for a terraform resource [3]
[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/machine-configuration/how-to/develop-custom-package/4-publish-package
[2] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/machine-configuration/how-to/create-policy-definition
[3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/machine-configuration/how-to/assign-configuration/terraform

Is there a current method to use DSC3 to generate the .zip files the terraform interface is expecting? From what I have gathered .mof is for old versions PSDSC (DSC 2.X?) and the new DSC3 has ditched .mof files

here is the terraform interface where they want the .zip uploaded
https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/policy_virtual_machine_configuration_assignment

[Gijsreyn]

Hi @cschar, you're correct on the ditching part of .mof. Microsoft DSC (v3) works with JSON and YAML. Unfortunately, as far as I know, there are only talks ongoing with the Machine Configuration team about integrating Microsoft DSC (v3). No clear roadmap yet.