PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit (PSADT) Step-by-Step Guide with the Addition of My Wizard Script
Introduction The PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit (PSADT) is one of the most widely used frameworks for enterprise Windows application deployment. It provides administrators with a standardized and powerful method for software installation, uninstallation, user interaction, process management, logging, and deployment automation. One of the most repetitive tasks when creating a new PSADT package is manually editing the generated Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1 file to populate application-specific information such as the application name, version, publisher, installation parameters, uninstallation parameters, process names, and deployment behavior. To simplify this process, I created a PSADT Wizard Script with the assistance of AI. Rather than manually editing the deployment script, the wizard reads the existing Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1 file generated by PSADT, asks a series of straightforward questions, and automatically updates the relevant values within the script. Th...