Testing, Testing, 1...2...3: Using Pester for Infrastructure ...
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Claims that Pester validates real infrastructure not just scripts, showing a module-based workflow where OVF exposes tests via two commands get-operationvalidation and invoke-operationvalidation. Demonstrations use Pester plus helpers: a running PSHealthZ listener that returns OVF/Pester JSON over HTTP, and Watchmen that runs tests and pushes 0/1 results into InfluxDB for Grafana dashboards. Examples include blue/green smoke checks, compliance audits (domain-admin lists compared to a source-controlled canonical list), and conditional automation that aborts when tests fail.
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