Creating, Importing, and Managing PowerShell-Wrapped Packages
AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager
AdminStudio provides support for PowerShell-wrapped packages built within adminstudio, including converting Windows Installer packages (.msi) and complex installation packages (.exe) to PowerShell wrapped packages (PowerShell script .ps1 files) using the PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit.
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft. The PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit provides a set of functions to perform common application deployment tasks and to interact with the user during a deployment. By wrapping an existing Windows Installer or complex installation package in a PowerShell script, you are able to automatically perform deployment tasks both before and after installation.
AdminStudio also supports importing existing PowerShell-wrapped packages into the Application Catalog, testing a PowerShell-wrapped package’s bundled child packages using Analyze, testing PowerShell-wrapped packages on a virtual machine, and distributing PowerShell wrapped packages using Distribution Wizard. You can also convert a PowerShell-wrapped package to a virtual package using the Conversion Wizard.
General Information attributes and Package Information attributes are now included while wrapping in PowerShell script file.
Information about AdminStudio’s support for PowerShell-wrapped packages is organized in the following topics: