function Merge-ConfigurationData {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Collections.Hashtable]
        $Template,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Collections.Hashtable]
        $Deployment,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]        
        [System.Collections.Hashtable]
        $Output
    )

    # Prüfe auf zirkuläre Referenzen
    if ($Template -eq $Deployment) {
        throw "Zirkuläre Referenz erkannt"
    }
    
    if ($Output -eq $null) {
        $Output = $Deployment
    }

    foreach ($Property in $Template.GetEnumerator()) {
        if ($Property.Value -is [System.Collections.Hashtable]) {
            Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is a Hashtable"
            if ($null -ne $Deployment.$($Property.Name)) {
                Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is present in Deployment Data"
                $Output.($Property.Name) = Merge-ConfigurationData -Template $Template.$($Property.Name) -Deployment $Deployment.$($Property.Name) -Output $Output.$($Property.Name)
            }
            else {
                Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is not present in Deployment Data"
                $Output.Add($($Property.Name), $Template.$($Property.Name))
            }
        }
        elseif ($Property.Value -is [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]) {
            Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is a Ordered Dictionary"
            if ($null -ne $Deployment.$($Property.Name)) {
                Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is present in Deployment Data"
                $Output.($Property.Name) = Merge-ConfigurationData -Template $Template.$($Property.Name) -Deployment $Deployment.$($Property.Name) -Output $Output.$($Property.Name)
            }
            else {
                Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is not present in Deployment Data"
                $Output.Add($($Property.Name), $Template.$($Property.Name))
            }
        }
        elseif ($Property.Value -is [System.Array]) {
            Write-Verbose "$($Property.Name) is ein Array"
            Write-Verbose "Total Items in Template Array [$($Property.Value.Count)]"
            Write-Verbose "Total Items in Deployment Array [$($Deployment.$($Property.Name).Count)]"
            if ($null -ne $Deployment.$($Property.Name)) {
                Write-Verbose "Array is defined in Deployment"
                for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Property.Value.Count; $i++) { 
                        
                    $SearchItem = $($Property.Value[$i].GetEnumerator() | Where-Object { ($_.Value -is [String]) -and ($_.Name -like "*Name") })[0]
                    if ($($Deployment.$($Property.Name) | ? { $_.($SearchItem.Name) -eq $SearchItem.Value })) {
                        Merge-ConfigurationData -Template $Property.Value[$i] -Deployment $($Deployment.$($Property.Name) | ? { $_.($SearchItem.Name) -eq $SearchItem.Value }) -Output $($Output.$($Property.Name) | ? { $_.($SearchItem.Name) -eq $SearchItem.Value }) | Out-Null
                    }
                    else {
                        Write-Verbose "Pair $($Key.Name) - $($Key.Value) not present"
                        $Output.$($Property.Name) += $Property.Value[$i]
                    }
                }
            }
            else {
                Write-Verbose "Array is not defined in Deployment"
                $Output.$($Property.Name) = $Template.$($Property.Name)
            }
        }
        else {
            Write-Verbose "$($Property.Name) is a String or Integer Value"
            if ($null -eq $Deployment.$($Property.Name)) {

                $Output.Add($Property.Name, $Template.($Property.Name))

            }
            elseif ($Deployment.$($Property.Name) -ne $Property.Value) {

            }
        }
    }
    return $Output
}