diff --git a/wmigroup/Tests/test_wmi_config.dsc.yaml b/wmigroup/Tests/test_wmi_config.dsc.yaml
index 39339116..3bac984f 100644
--- a/wmigroup/Tests/test_wmi_config.dsc.yaml
+++ b/wmigroup/Tests/test_wmi_config.dsc.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ resources:
   properties:
     resources:
     - name: Get OS Info
-      type: root\cimv2/Win32_OperatingSystem
-    - name: Get OS Info
-      type: root\cimv2/Win32_BIOS
-    - name: Get OS Info
-      type: root\cimv2/Win32_Processor
+      type: root.cimv2/Win32_OperatingSystem
+    - name: Get BIOS Info
+      type: root.cimv2/Win32_BIOS
+    - name: Get Processor Info
+      type: root.cimv2/Win32_Processor
diff --git a/wmigroup/Tests/wmigroup.tests.ps1 b/wmigroup/Tests/wmigroup.tests.ps1
index 313f8fb2..aa940deb 100644
--- a/wmigroup/Tests/wmigroup.tests.ps1
+++ b/wmigroup/Tests/wmigroup.tests.ps1
@@ -4,13 +4,26 @@
 Describe 'PowerShellGroup resource tests' {
 
     BeforeAll {
-        $OldPSModulePath  = $env:PSModulePath
-        $env:PSModulePath += ";" + $PSScriptRoot
-
-        $configPath = Join-path $PSScriptRoot "test_wmi_config.dsc.yaml"
+        if ($IsWindows)
+        {
+            $OldPSModulePath  = $env:PSModulePath
+            $env:PSModulePath += ";" + $PSScriptRoot
+
+            $configPath = Join-path $PSScriptRoot "test_wmi_config.dsc.yaml"
+
+            $dscPath = (get-command dsc -CommandType Application).Path
+            $dscFolder = Split-Path -Path $dscPath
+            $wmiGroupOptoutFile = Join-Path $dscFolder "wmigroup.dsc.resource.json.optout"
+            $wmiGroupOptinFile = Join-Path $dscFolder "wmigroup.dsc.resource.json"
+            Rename-Item -Path $wmiGroupOptoutFile -NewName $wmiGroupOptinFile
+        }
     }
     AfterAll {
-        $env:PSModulePath = $OldPSModulePath
+        if ($IsWindows)
+        {
+            $env:PSModulePath = $OldPSModulePath
+            Rename-Item -Path $wmiGroupOptinFile -NewName $wmiGroupOptoutFile
+        }
     }
 
     It 'List shows WMI resources' -Skip:(!$IsWindows){
@@ -23,7 +36,7 @@ Describe 'PowerShellGroup resource tests' {
 
     It 'Get works on an individual WMI resource' -Skip:(!$IsWindows){
 
-        $r = dsc resource get -r root\cimv2/Win32_OperatingSystem
+        $r = dsc resource get -r root.cimv2/Win32_OperatingSystem
         $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Be 0
         $res = $r | ConvertFrom-Json
         $res.actualState.CreationClassName | Should -Be "Win32_OperatingSystem"
diff --git a/wmigroup/copy_files.txt b/wmigroup/copy_files.txt
index 7e31f745..b00f55c8 100644
--- a/wmigroup/copy_files.txt
+++ b/wmigroup/copy_files.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 wmigroup.resource.ps1
+wmigroup.dsc.resource.json.optout
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wmigroup/wmigroup.dsc.resource.json b/wmigroup/wmigroup.dsc.resource.json.optout
similarity index 100%
rename from wmigroup/wmigroup.dsc.resource.json
rename to wmigroup/wmigroup.dsc.resource.json.optout
diff --git a/wmigroup/wmigroup.resource.ps1 b/wmigroup/wmigroup.resource.ps1
index be780d92..50ce8414 100644
--- a/wmigroup/wmigroup.resource.ps1
+++ b/wmigroup/wmigroup.resource.ps1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if ($Operation -eq 'List')
             }
         }
 
-        $namespace = $r.CimSystemProperties.Namespace.ToLower().Replace('/','\')
+        $namespace = $r.CimSystemProperties.Namespace.ToLower().Replace('/','.')
         $classname = $r.CimSystemProperties.ClassName
         $fullResourceTypeName = "$namespace/$classname"
         $requiresString = "DSC/WMIGroup"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ elseif ($Operation -eq 'Get')
         foreach($r in $inputobj_pscustomobj.resources)
         {
             $type_fields = $r.type -split "/"
-            $wmi_namespace = $type_fields[0]
+            $wmi_namespace = $type_fields[0].Replace('.','\')
             $wmi_classname = $type_fields[1]
 
             #TODO: add filtering based on supplied properties of $r
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ elseif ($Operation -eq 'Get')
     else # we are processing an individual resource call
     {
         $type_fields = $inputobj_pscustomobj.type -split "/"
-        $wmi_namespace = $type_fields[0]
+        $wmi_namespace = $type_fields[0].Replace('.','\')
         $wmi_classname = $type_fields[1]
 
         #TODO: add filtering based on supplied properties of $inputobj_pscustomobj