xIisModule: Fails when set to Ensure='Absent'

Details of the scenario you tried and the problem that is occurring

Here is the DSC setup: xIISModule DisableWebDAVModule { Ensure = 'Absent' Name = 'WebDAVModule' Path = "IIS:\" RequestPath = Verb = "*" } When run, it fails: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: LCM: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: LCM: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: in Site VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: %windir%\System32\inetsrv\webdav.dll VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: LCM: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: LCM: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: in Site VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: %windir%\System32\inetsrv\webdav.dll VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: PowerShell Desired that the underlying etc. '%windir%\System32\inetsrv\webdav.dll' [ Start Resource ] [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] [ Start Test ] [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Getting Handler for WebDAVModule [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Get-TargetResource has been run. [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Get-TargetResource has been run. [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] RequestPath is [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Path is IIS:\ [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] StatusRequestPath is [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] StatusPath is [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Module present is False [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] ModuleConfigured is False [ End Test ] [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] in 0.1900 seconds. [ Start Set ] [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Getting Handler for WebDAVModule [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Get-TargetResource has been run. [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] RequestPath is [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Path is IIS:\ [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] StatusRequestPath is [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] StatusPath is [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Module present is False [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] ModuleConfigured is False [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] Removing handler State Configuration does not support execution of commands in an interactive mode. Please ensure command is not prompting for user input, such as missing mandatory parameter, confirmation prompt

CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], CimException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NotSupportedException
PSComputerName : localhost

VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: LCM: [ End Set ] [[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule] in 0.3100 seconds. The PowerShell DSC resource '[xIisModule]DisableWebDAVModule' with SourceInfo '::51::3::xIISModule' threw one or more non-terminating errors while running the Set-TargetResource functionality. These errors are logged to the ETW channel called Microsoft-Windows-DSC/Operational. Refer to this channel for more details.

CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], CimException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : NonTerminatingErrorFromProvider
PSComputerName : localhost

VERBOSE: [WEB-QAT-VM1]: [] Consistency check completed. The SendConfigurationApply function did not succeed. LCM failed to start desired state configuration manually.

CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1

PSComputerName : localhost

Verbose logs showing the problem

See above.

The DSC configuration that is used to reproduce the issue (as detailed as possible)

xIISModule DisableWebDAVModule
    {
        Ensure = 'Absent'
        Name = 'WebDAVModule'
        Path = "IIS:\"
        RequestPath = '%windir%\System32\inetsrv\webdav.dll'
        Verb = "*"
    }

The operating system the target node is running

OsName : Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter OsOperatingSystemSKU : DatacenterServerEdition OsArchitecture : 64-bit WindowsBuildLabEx : 14393.3053.amd64fre.rs1_release_inmarket.190612-1836 OsLanguage : en-US OsMuiLanguages : {en-US}

Version and build of PowerShell the target node is running

Name Value

PSVersion 5.1.14393.3053 PSEdition Desktop PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...} BuildVersion 10.0.14393.3053 CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000 WSManStackVersion 3.0 PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

Version of the DSC module that was used ('dev' if using current dev branch)

Released version in the Azure module gallery

dsccommunity / WebAdministrationDsc