Add support for SecretManagement and SecretStore providers, enhance configuration data handling, and introduce new utility functions

Public/Resolve-DSCConfigurationData.ps1

@@ -9,12 +9,24 @@ function Resolve-DSCConfigurationData {
         [hashtable]
         $ProviderSettings = @{},
 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
+        [string]
+        $ProviderSettingsPath,
+
         [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
         [switch]
         $SkipSecrets
     )
 
     process {
+        if(-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($ProviderSettingsPath)){
+            if(-not (Test-Path -Path $ProviderSettingsPath -PathType Leaf)){
+                throw "Provider settings file [$ProviderSettingsPath] was not found."
+            }
+
+            $ProviderSettings = Import-PowerShellDataFile -Path $ProviderSettingsPath
+        }
+
         if(-not $SkipSecrets){
             $ConfigurationData = Resolve-ConfigurationDataParameterSecrets -ConfigurationData $ConfigurationData -ProviderSettings $ProviderSettings
         }