Remove deprecated ToastNotifications;Update README

README.md

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
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+This OVA appliance allows deploying an Active Directory Domain Controller fully automated:  
+When deploying the appliance through the 'Deploy OVF template...' wizard, or through vApp-compatible tooling (such as HashiCorp Terraform), it is possible to provide all relevant configuration through vApp properties.  
+![vApp properties](.assets/vAppProperties-example.png?raw=true "vApp properties")

scripts/ADDS/payload/Apply-OVFProperties.ps1

@@ -4,30 +4,6 @@ Param(
     # No parameters
 )
 
-Function New-ToastNotification {
-    Param(
-        [Parameter()]
-        [string]$Stream = 'OVF Properties',
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-        [string]$Title,
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-        [string]$Text
-    )
-
-    [void][Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]
-    $Template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::GetTemplateContent([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastText02)
-
-    $XML = [xml]$Template.GetXml()
-    $XML.SelectSingleNode("toast/visual/binding/text[@id='1']").InnerText = $Title
-    $XML.SelectSingleNode("toast/visual/binding/text[@id='2']").InnerText = $Text
-
-    $SerializedXml = New-Object Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument
-    $SerializedXml.LoadXml($XML.OuterXml)
-
-    $Notifier = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($Stream)
-    $Notifier.Show([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::new($SerializedXml))
-}
-
 $NewEventLogSplat = @{
     LogName     = 'Application'
     Source      = 'OVF-Properties'
@@ -101,12 +77,6 @@ If ($MissingProperties.Length -gt 0) {
 
 # Set hostname and description
 If ($Env:ComputerName -ne $ovfPropertyValues['guestinfo.hostname']) {
-    # $NewToastSplat = @{
-    #     Title = 'OVF Properties'
-    #     Text  = 'Configuring hostname and description...'
-    # }
-    # New-ToastNotification @NewToastSplat
-
     $RenameComputerSplat = @{
         NewName     = $ovfPropertyValues['guestinfo.hostname']
         Force       = $True
@@ -128,12 +98,6 @@ If ($Env:ComputerName -ne $ovfPropertyValues['guestinfo.hostname']) {
 
 # Configure network interface
 If ((Get-WmiObject -Class 'Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration').IPAddress -NotContains $ovfPropertyValues['guestinfo.ipaddress']) {
-    # $NewToastSplat = @{
-    #     Title = 'OVF Properties'
-    #     Text  = 'Configuring network...'
-    # }
-    # New-ToastNotification @NewToastSplat
-
     $NewNetIPAddressSplat = @{
         InterfaceAlias = (Get-NetAdapter).Name
         AddressFamily  = 'IPv4'
@@ -188,12 +152,6 @@ If ((Get-WmiObject -Class 'Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration').IPAddress -NotCon
 
 # Promote to Domain Controller
 If ((4,5) -NotContains (Get-WmiObject -Class 'Win32_ComputerSystem').DomainRole) {
-    # $NewToastSplat = @{
-    #     Title = 'OVF Properties'
-    #     Text  = 'Configuring local administrator password...'
-    # }
-    # New-ToastNotification @NewToastSplat
-
     # Change password of built-in Administrator
     $BuiltinAdministrator = (Get-LocalUser | Where-Object {$_.SID -match '-500'})
     $ConvertToSecureStringSplat = @{
@@ -212,12 +170,6 @@ If ((4,5) -NotContains (Get-WmiObject -Class 'Win32_ComputerSystem').DomainRole)
     }
     Set-LocalUser @SetLocalUserSplat
 
-    # $NewToastSplat = @{
-    #     Title = 'OVF Properties'
-    #     Text  = 'Promoting to Domain Controller...'
-    # }
-    # New-ToastNotification @NewToastSplat
-
     $ResolveDNSNameSplat = @{
         Name        = "_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.$($ovfPropertyValues['addsconfig.domainname'])"
         ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue'
@@ -276,12 +228,6 @@ If ((4,5) -NotContains (Get-WmiObject -Class 'Win32_ComputerSystem').DomainRole)
 }
 
 # Wait for Active Directory to become available
-# $NewToastSplat = @{
-#     Title = 'OVF Properties'
-#     Text  = 'Waiting for Active Directory services...'
-# }
-# New-ToastNotification @NewToastSplat
-
 $Timestamp, $TimeoutMinutes = (Get-Date), 15
 Do {
     If ($Timestamp.AddMinutes($TimeoutMinutes) -lt (Get-Date)) {
@@ -312,12 +258,6 @@ $GetItemSplat = @{
 }
 Get-Item @GetItemSplat | ForEach-Object {
     Try {
-        # $NewToastSplat = @{
-        #     Title = 'OVF Properties'
-        #     Text  = "Running script: '$($_.FullName)'"
-        # }
-        # New-ToastNotification @NewToastSplat
-
         $WriteEventLogSplat = @{
             LogName   = 'Application'
             Source    = 'OVF-Properties'
@@ -340,12 +280,6 @@ Get-Item @GetItemSplat | ForEach-Object {
     }
 }
 
-# $NewToastSplat = @{
-#     Title = 'OVF Properties'
-#     Text  = "Sequence finished; ready for use!"
-# }
-# New-ToastNotification @NewToastSplat
-
 $WriteEventLogSplat = @{
     LogName   = 'Application'
     Source    = 'OVF-Properties'