(DOCS) Update reference and changelog for preview.7

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docs/reference/cli/config/command.md

@@ -110,15 +110,14 @@ Mandatory: false
 
 ## Environment variables
 
-The `dsc config *` subcommands create the `DSCConfigRoot` environment variable when you call a
+The `dsc config *` subcommands create the `DSC_CONFIG_ROOT` environment variable when you call a
 command with the `--path` option to specify the configuration document to use for the command. DSC
-sets the value of the `DSCConfigRoot` environment variable to the folder containing the specified
-configuration document.
+sets the value of the `DSC_CONFIG_ROOT` environment variable to the full path of the folder
+containing the specified configuration document.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> If you use a relative path, DSC doesn't expand the value into a full path before setting the
-> environment variable. Always specify the full path to the configuration document when you want to
-> use the `DSCConfigRoot` environment variable.
+> If you define the `DSC_CONFIG_ROOT` variable outside of DSC, DSC raises a warning when it
+> overrides the existing environment variable's value for an operation.
 
 You can use the [envvar][08] configuration function to reference that folder path for resource
 instances in the configuration.

docs/reference/cli/config/get.md

@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ document saved as `example.dsc.config.yaml`.
 
 ```yaml
 # example.dsc.config.yaml
-$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/10/config/document.json
+$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2024/04/config/document.json
 resources:
 - name: Windows only
   type: DSC/AssertionGroup
   properties:
-    $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/10/config/document.json
+    $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2024/04/config/document.json
     resources:
     - name: os
       type: Microsoft/OSInfo

docs/reference/cli/config/set.md

@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ The command inspects the resource instances defined in the configuration documen
 
 ```yaml
 # example.dsc.config.yaml
-$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/10/config/document.json
+$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2024/04/config/document.json
 resources:
 - name: Windows only
   type: DSC/AssertionGroup
   properties:
-    $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/10/config/document.json
+    $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2024/04/config/document.json
     resources:
     - name: os
       type: Microsoft/OSInfo

docs/reference/cli/config/test.md

@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ resource instances defined in the configuration document saved as `example.dsc.c
 
 ```yaml
 # example.dsc.config.yaml
-$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/10/config/document.json
+$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2024/04/config/document.json
 resources:
 - name: Windows only
   type: DSC/AssertionGroup
   properties:
-    $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/10/config/document.json
+    $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2024/04/config/document.json
     resources:
     - name: os
       type: Microsoft/OSInfo

docs/reference/cli/resource/delete.md

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+---
+description: Command line reference for the 'dsc resource delete' command
+ms.date:     05/08/2024
+ms.topic:    reference
+title:       dsc resource delete
+---
+
+# dsc resource delete
+
+## Synopsis
+
+Invokes the delete operation of a resource.
+
+## Syntax
+
+### Without instance properties
+
+```sh
+dsc resource delete [Options] --resource <RESOURCE>
+```
+
+### Instance properties from stdin
+
+```sh
+<instance-properties> | dsc resource delete [Options] --resource <RESOURCE>
+```
+
+### Instance properties from input option
+
+```sh
+dsc resource delete --input '<instance-properties>' --resource <RESOURCE>
+```
+
+### Instance properties from file
+
+```sh
+dsc resource delete --path <instance-properties-filepath> --resource <RESOURCE>
+```
+
+## Description
+
+The `delete` subcommand removes a resource instance.
+
+Any properties the resource requires for discerning which instance to delete must be passed to this
+command as a JSON or YAML object. The object can be passed to this command from stdin or with the
+`--input` option. You can also use the `--path` option to read the object from a JSON or YAML file.
+
+This command returns no output when successful. If it encounters an error, it surfaces the error to
+the caller on stderr and exits with a non-zero exit code.
+
+## Examples
+
+### Example 1 - delete resource instance with input option
+
+If a resource requires one or more property values to return the actual state of the instance, the
+instance properties can be passed with the **input** option as either JSON or YAML.
+
+```sh
+dsc resource delete --resource Microsoft.Windows/Registry --input '{
+    "keyPath": "HKCU\\DSC\\Example"
+}'
+```
+
+### Example 2 - delete resource instance with input from stdin
+
+If a resource requires one or more property values to return the actual state of the instance, the
+instance properties can be passed over stdin as either JSON or YAML.
+
+```sh
+'{
+    "keyPath": "HKCU\\DSC\\Example"
+}' | dsc resource delete --resource Microsoft.Windows/Registry
+```
+
+### Example 3 - delete resource instance with input from a YAML file
+
+If a resource requires one or more property values to return the actual state of the instance, the
+instance properties can be retrieved from a saved JSON or YAML file.
+
+```sh
+cat ./example.delete.yaml
+```
+
+```yaml
+keyPath: HKCU\\DSC\\Example
+```
+
+```sh
+dsc resource delete --resource Microsoft.Windows/Registry --path ./example.delete.yaml
+```
+
+## Options
+
+### -r, --resource
+
+Specifies the fully qualified type name of the DSC Resource to use, like
+`Microsoft.Windows/Registry`.
+
+The fully qualified type name syntax is: `<owner>[.<group>][.<area>]/<name>`, where:
+
+- The `owner` is the maintaining author or organization for the resource.
+- The `group` and `area` are optional name components that enable namespacing for a resource.
+- The `name` identifies the component the resource manages.
+
+```yaml
+Type:      String
+Mandatory: true
+```
+
+### -i, --input
+
+Specifies a JSON or YAML object with the properties needed for retrieving an instance of the DSC
+Resource. DSC validates the object against the resource's instance schema. If the validation fails,
+DSC raises an error.
+
+This option can't be used with instance properties over stdin or the `--path` option. Choose
+whether to pass the instance properties to the command over stdin, from a file with the `--path`
+option, or with the `--input` option.
+
+DSC ignores this option when the `--all` option is specified.
+
+```yaml
+Type:      String
+Mandatory: false
+```
+
+### -p, --path
+
+Defines the path to a text file to read as input for the command instead of piping input from stdin
+or passing it as a string with the `--input` option. The specified file must contain JSON or YAML
+that represents valid properties for the resource. DSC validates the object against the resource's
+instance schema. If the validation fails, or if the specified file doesn't exist, DSC raises an
+error.
+
+This option is mutually exclusive with the `--input` option. When you use this option, DSC
+ignores any input from stdin.
+
+DSC ignores this option when the `--all` option is specified.
+
+```yaml
+Type:      String
+Mandatory: false
+```
+
+### -h, --help
+
+Displays the help for the current command or subcommand. When you specify this option, the
+application ignores all options and arguments after this one.
+
+```yaml
+Type:      Boolean
+Mandatory: false
+```
+
+## Output
+
+This command returns no output when successful. When the resource errors, DSC surfaces the error on
+stderr and exits with a non-zero exit code.