The TestStand Deployment Utility automatically includes modified files in a patch deployment. When you create a full deployment, the deployment utility stores checksums for each file in the deployment specification file (.tsd).

When you create a patch deployment, the deployment utility completes the following tasks:

  1. Creates a temporary full deployable image.
  2. Compares the new file checksums to the previous file checksums stored in the .tsd file to identify modified files.
  3. Includes the modified files in the patch deployable image.
Note This topic applies to patches you create for MSI-based installer distributions.