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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,19 @@ Metadata properties used and returned by DSC for configuration and resource oper

## Description

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The `Microsoft.DSC` metadata object captures execution details that DSC adds to
command output and, when applicable, to resource results. It describes what
operation ran, when it started and finished, how long it took, the security
context DSC ran under, and the DSC version that produced the output. These
properties are informational and help with diagnostics, auditing, and tooling.

Not every property is present for every operation. For example, `executionType`
is only meaningful for `Set` (and is `WhatIf` when you invoke DSC with
`--whatIf`), while `operation` is always provided. Timestamps use RFC 3339
`date-time` format, and durations use the ISO 8601 `duration` format.

Consumers should tolerate additional, future metadata fields. Producers should
preserve unknown metadata they do not interpret.

## Properties

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