v1.1.2

What's Changed

• Added Detail Documentation by @AspiringKnowItAll in #4
• Enhance reachability checks and reliability in Install-RemoteMSI.ps1 by @AspiringKnowItAll in #5

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.1.2

v1.1.1

What's Changed

• v1.1 by @AspiringKnowItAll in #1
• V1.1.1 by @AspiringKnowItAll in #3

New Contributors

• @AspiringKnowItAll made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: v1.1...v1.1.1

v1.1

Summary

This PR upgrades the deployment script from v1.0 (single-host MSI install) to v1.1 (single + batch MSI/MSIX deployment) with stronger validation, retry handling, and run-level reporting.

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Key Differences (v1.0 → v1.1)

1) Scope and Execution Model

• v1.0: Single remote machine workflow.
• v1.1: Supports:
  • Single-machine mode
  • Batch mode from .txt / .csv machine lists
• Adds chunked/throttled execution for multi-machine deployments.

2) PowerShell Runtime Handling

• Adds PowerShell 7 detection/bootstrap logic.
• Supports relaunch into pwsh for parallel execution support.
• Optional install attempt for PowerShell 7 via configured Windows Update service.
• Falls back to sequential behavior when PS7 parallelism is unavailable.

3) Input and Validation

• Adds hostname sanitization (ConvertTo-Hostname).
• Adds batch file discovery in script directory.
• Batch parsing now ignores blank/commented lines and removes duplicates.
• Adds pre-validation pipeline for batch machines:
  • AD lookup (with DNS fallback if AD module is unavailable)
  • online/reachability checks

4) Credential Validation

• Adds probe-machine credential validation before wider execution.
• Verifies remote admin access early.
• Retains bounded credential retry attempts.

5) Resilience and Retry Behavior

• Adds transfer retry delays: 5s, 10s, 30s, 60s.
• Adds interactive retry options for failed machines:
  • Retry failed machine
  • Skip machine
  • Abort run
• Retry rounds target only failures (not full batch replay).

6) Reboot Requirement Detection

• Improves logic from simple post-install check to before/after reboot state comparison plus MSI exit code handling (1641, 3010).
• Reports reboot requirement attributable to the installation event.

7) Logging and Reporting

• v1.0: Primarily per-machine style outcomes.
• v1.1: Single aggregated run log (Deployment_<timestamp>.log) with optional -RunLogPath.
• Adds structured result objects and final summary output (status, attempts, exit, reboot flag, duration).
• Adds explicit failed-machine detail in summary logging.

8) Batch File Rerun Ergonomics

• Adds in-place batch file update:
  • successful entries are commented out to simplify reruns.

9) New Parameters

• -NonInteractive
• -RunLogPath

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Operational Impact

• Expands from one-off remote installs to controlled batch deployment workflows.
• Improves reliability and troubleshooting via retries, validation, and richer logging.
• Reduces rerun effort with selective retry handling and success-marking in batch files.

v1.0

This release supports the single entry of a machine name for execution. Upon completion, the script ends.