winget-cli PowerShell DSC Resources for WinGet

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I would like to be able to use PowerShell DSC to install and configure WinGet.

Several issues have made mention to challenges associated with getting WinGet installed (or in a valid state) on different Windows SKUs or environments:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2040
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2081
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2222

@cdhunt also made a PR with a PowerShell script to help with this challenge:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/2474
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2230
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2434

A couple of mentions have also suggested PowerShell DSC:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/698#issuecomment-1070044758
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/291#issuecomment-632922571

Proposed technical implementation details

As we are nearing the first release of WinGet PowerShell modules and cmdlets, this would be aligned with that same effort.

#221

Nov 14 '22 21:11 denelon

Naming things is hard:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/2697

Feb 27 '23 17:02 denelon

We should consider the options for making this work in the System context in terms of getting "WinGet" on the system, and then when the user logs in, the actual "registration" for the user is "faster".

Mar 07 '23 21:03 denelon