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BuildPacks

It's called OSDBuilder for a reason, and this is it, but it comes at a cost ... 
What is the cost?
The cost of BuildPacks is that you have to give up using Drivers, ExtraFiles, Registry, and Scripts in Templates.  This probably only affects Mike, Gary, and Sune, but who knows
Can they co-exist?  Sure, but at this point I am putting all efforts into BuildPacks, and would rather kill off the duplicate functionality in Templates
Can I keep using Template Content?
For a while, sure.  I'll probably remove support for it at the end of the year, along with Windows 7 and Server 2012 R2 support.  Don't worry, due to the SHA-2 changes in Microsoft Updates, you can't update Windows 7 past August 2019 with Offline Servicing
Why the change to BuildPacks?
For me, I never could use Template Content as much as I would have liked because while I design and support OSDBuilder, I also have my day job of supporting 'The Company'
This meant that I had to keep my content separate in different OSDBuilder Home directories ... often at times duplicating Updates, etc.  It became rather time consuming, and let's be honest.  I made OSDBuilder for me and my team first, and shared it with everyone else secondary (this isn't a paid job after all).  So it seems I could never fully develop Templates as I actually need multiple Templates ... so after a few beers, and some silly names (LootCrate, ConfigPacks, OSDBuilderPackages, Box) I decided on BuildPacks (one word, not two)
What is a BuildPack?
In simple terms, its kinda like another Templates Content ... but structured a little differently.  You'' start out with _Mandatory and _Template.  As more features get added to BuildPacks, they will continue to grow.  Content you place in _Mandatory will be applied to every New-OSBuild, just like Templates Content.  The _Template BuildPack does nothing except offer you some guidance on how to they are configured.  Do nothing to this directory
New-OSBuild
BuildPacks are added to a New-OSBuildTask, just like you would anything else.  I have manually added 'The Company' and 'Windows 10'.  I cannot add or remove _Mandatory.  This is automatic.  As you can see, this is the new OSBuild Task Information which only shows what you have configured (new to MMSJazz).  So in this example, I am creating a customized Windows installation with nothing but BuildPacks
WinPE BuildPack Configuration
PEDaRT
Simply place the DaRT Tools and Dart Config in the PEDaRT directory
PEADK
This is structured a little different, but as you see, OSBuilder will find the right content that is needed and install the CAB files that are in the BuildPack.  Say hello to PowerShell in WinPE
PEDrivers
In this example, I had content in multiple BuildPacks that were applied automatically
PEExtraFiles
You have some options in this one.  If you use one of the Subdirs, you can keep your content organized rather than just dumping everything in one place
PEPoshMods
Have you ever wanted to add a PowerShell Module to WinPE?  Just add it to PEPoshMods
PERegistry and PEScripts
Quite similar, just add the content
Windows Setup Environment (WinSE) Results
Drivers
Custom Wallpaper
Explorer (DaRT)
PowerShell
PowerShell Modules
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Operating System BuildPack Configuration
I'll come back to this, but here is how it looks in the process
Operating System Results
OSDrivers
Must have Drivers
OSExtraFiles
Wallpaper
OSPoshMods
Pre-install PowerShell Modules
OSRegistry
Certificates
Desktop Icons
Theme
Windows Explorer Default View
OSScripts
Execute custom PowerShell Scripts during New-OSBuild
OSStartLayout
Custom Start Layout Modification

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