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Version: 4.0

Deployment Structure

V4 Native Deployment Template​

The v4 native deployment structure is designed to be more modular and flexible than the v3 deployment structure. It is also designed to be more user-friendly and easier to understand.

The PSADT v4 native deployment structure is considerably more complex than v3, since it contains the entire PSADT module. However, we can limit your exposure to the complexity by focusing on just the files you need to know about:

Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1             # PSADT Deployment PowerShell script
Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.exe             # PSADT Deployment executable (to easily launch the above script)

├───Files                               # Primary installation files#
├───SupportFiles                        # Supporting resources or assets
│
├───PSAppDeployToolkit                  # PSADT module files. Please do not modify anything under this folder.
│   PSAppDeployToolkit.psd1             # PSADT module manifest. Import this if you want to use the module in your own scripts.
│   PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1             # PSADT module script. Contains all the functions and logic.
│
├───PSAppDeployToolkit.Extensions       # PSADT Extensions module files. # TODO - write more on this
│   PSAppDeployToolkit.Extensions.psd1
│   PSAppDeployToolkit.Extensions.psm1
│
├───Assets
│   AppIcon.png                         # The icon to display in the PSADT User Interface
│   Banner.Classic.png                  # The banner to display in the PSADT Classic User Interface (not used for Fluent dialogs)
│
├───Config
│   config.psd1                         # PSADT configuration file
│
└───Strings
    └───<LanguageCode>
        strings.psd1                    # PSADT User Interface language strings for <LanguageCode>.
    strings.psd1                        # PSADT User Interface language strings for English.

V3 Compatibility Deployment Template​

The v3 compatibility deployment structure is designed to allow you to use an existing v3 deployment script with the v4 PSADT framework. The structure is laid out similarly to v4, however some file and folder names are kept the same as v3. This is so that we can use leverage any file paths you may have used within your script. And we also leverage the folder structure to impersonate the v3 PSADT framework, while remapping each function to the new v4 equivilent. This allows you to use your existing v3 deployment scripts with the v4 PSADT framework, allowing you to take advantage of the new features and improvements in v4, but without having to make any functional change to your existing script.

The PSADT v4 compatibility deployment structure is considerably more complex than v3, since it contains the entire PSADT module. However, we can limit your exposure to the complexity by focusing on just the files you need to know about:

Deploy-Application.ps1                   # PSADT Deployment PowerShell script
Deploy-Application.exe                   # PSADT Deployment executable (to easily launch the above script)

├───Files                               # Primary installation files
├───SupportFiles                        # Supporting resources or assets
│
├───AppDeployToolkit
│   └───PSAppDeployToolkit              # PSADT module files. Please do not modify anything under this folder.
│       └───PSAppDeployToolkit.psd1     # PSADT module manifest. Used to import the module. Import this if you want to use the module in your
│           PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1     # PSADT module script. Contains all the functions and logic.
│   AppDeployToolkitMain.ps1            # PSADT compatibility shim script. Used to restore v3 function wrappers.
│   AppDeployToolkitExtensions.ps1      # PSADT compatibility extensions scripts. Used for your custom v3 functions.
│
├───Assets
│   AppIcon.png                         # The icon to display in the PSADT User Interface
│   Banner.Classic.png                  # The banner to display in the PSADT Classic User Interface (not used for Fluent dialogs)
│
├───Config
│   config.psd1                         # PSADT configuration file
│
└───Strings
    └───<LanguageCode>
        strings.psd1                    # PSADT User Interface language strings for <LanguageCode>.
    strings.psd1                        # PSADT User Interface language strings for English.