xWebAdmin Unexpected token 'present" name ="Default' in expression or statement

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Hi guys,
I’m trying to publish a dsc config in Azure. I have a vm in Azure, and installed PowerShell 5

PS C:\Windows\system32> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value                                                                                                                                 
----                           -----                                                                                                                                 
PSVersion                      5.0.10514.6                                                                                                                           
WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                                                                   
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1                                                                                                                               
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                                                                       
BuildVersion                   10.0.10514.6                                                                                                                          
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                                                               
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3

and xWebAdministration

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-DscResource
PowerShell      xIisFeatureDelegation     xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {OverrideMode, SectionName, DependsOn, PsDscRun...
PowerShell      xIisHandler               xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Ensure, Name, DependsOn, PsDscRunAsCredential}   
PowerShell      xIisMimeTypeMapping       xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Ensure, Extension, MimeType, DependsOn...}       
PowerShell      xIisModule                xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Name, Path, RequestPath, Verb...}                
PowerShell      xSSLSettings              xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Bindings, Name, DependsOn, Ensure...}            
PowerShell      xWebApplication           xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Name, PhysicalPath, WebAppPool, Website...}      
PowerShell      xWebAppPool               xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Name, autoShutdownExe, autoShutdownParams, aut...
PowerShell      xWebAppPoolDefaults       xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {ApplyTo, DependsOn, IdentityType, ManagedRunti...
PowerShell      xWebConfigKeyValue        xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {ConfigSection, Key, WebsitePath, DependsOn...}   
PowerShell      xWebsite                  xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Name, PhysicalPath, ApplicationPool, BindingIn...
PowerShell      xWebSiteDefaults          xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {ApplyTo, AllowSubDirConfig, DefaultApplication...
PowerShell      xWebVirtualDirectory      xWebAdministration             1.9.0.0    {Name, PhysicalPath, WebApplication, Website...}

However, when I complie the below configuration, it came across the error. it has the red squiggly at xWebsite DefaultSite section > Ensure = “Present”.
And the error is:
Unexpected token ‘present"
Name = "Default’ in expression or statement.
There is an incomplete property assignment block in the instance definition.

The dsc config:

Configuration FourthCoffee
{
    Import-DscResource -Module @{ModuleName = 'xWebAdministration';ModuleVersion='1.3.2.4'}

    # Install the IIS role
    WindowsFeature IIS 
    { 
        Ensure          = “Present” 
        Name            = “Web-Server” 
    } 
 
    # Install the ASP .NET 4.5 role
    WindowsFeature AspNet45 
    { 
        Ensure          = “Present” 
        Name            = “Web-Asp-Net45″ 
    } 
 
    # Stop the default website
    xWebsite DefaultSite 
    { 
        Ensure          = “Present” 
        Name            = “Default Web Site” 
        State           = “Stopped” 
        PhysicalPath    = “C:\inetpub\wwwroot” 
        DependsOn       = “[WindowsFeature]IIS” 
    } 
 
    # Copy the website content
    File WebContent 
    { 
        Ensure          = “Present” 
        SourcePath      = “C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\xWebAdministration\BakeryWebsite”
        DestinationPath = “C:\inetpub\FourthCoffee”
        Recurse         = $true 
        Type            = “Directory” 
        DependsOn       = “[WindowsFeature]AspNet45″ 
    } 

    # Create a new website
    xWebsite BakeryWebSite 
    { 
        Ensure          = “Present” 
        Name            = “FourthCoffee”
        State           = “Started” 
        PhysicalPath    = “C:\inetpub\FourthCoffee” 
        DependsOn       = “[File]WebContent” 
    } 
}

Any help will be apperciated.

Thanks,
Nick

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Seems to be those weird smart quotes that are around many of your strings, particularly the one that’s closing “Web-Asp-Net45” and “[WindowsFeature]AspNet45”. When I replaced those with a plain double-quotation mark, the rest seemed to parse okay.

3

Thanks Dave. That is so embarrass… I tried to fix this for a few hours.
I copy the conf from technet, it that case scenario I always think there is something wrong with my setup. anyway, thanks for your support.

4

Notably, if you copy and paste from a website, you’ll often end up with non-straight quotes. It’s bitten me more than once.