We've been researching desired state configuration, and I was asked to set up a prototype using powershell DSC to configure an IIS app pool. I know all the steps to creating a configuration, I just am unsure of what I might have in my configuration. I plan to use the xWebAdministration resource because it has things like xWebAppPool and xWedbAdministration. Are there any suggestions on what else I might use to set this up?
You would probably use the WindowsFeature resource to install the Roles and Features needed (Web-Server, etc.), you'd probably use the File resource to create the directory and maybe copy the site's files, you might use the Registry resource to enable the Web Management Service so that you can manage IIS remotely, then use the Service resource to start that service.