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

    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-DSCConfigurationData -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),(Copy-ConfigurationDataValue -Value $Template.$($Property.Name)))
            }
        }elseif($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-DSCConfigurationData -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),(Copy-ConfigurationDataValue -Value $Template.$($Property.Name)))
            }
        }elseif($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"

                $TemplateItems = for($i=0;$i -lt $Property.Value.Count; $i++){
                    $SearchKeyNames = @(Get-ConfigurationDataArrayMergeKeyNames -ArrayName $Property.Name -Item $Property.Value[$i])
                    [PSCustomObject]@{
                        Value = $Property.Value[$i]
                        SearchKeyNames = $SearchKeyNames
                        IsWildcard = Test-ConfigurationDataItemWildcard -Item $Property.Value[$i] -KeyNames $SearchKeyNames
                    }
                }

                $TemplateItems = @($TemplateItems | Where-Object { -not $_.IsWildcard }) + @($TemplateItems | Where-Object { $_.IsWildcard })

                foreach($TemplateItem in $TemplateItems){
                    $SearchKeyNames = @($TemplateItem.SearchKeyNames)

                    if($SearchKeyNames.Count -eq 0){
                        Write-Verbose "No matching name key found for item in [$($Property.Name)]"
                        $Output.$($Property.Name) += ,(Copy-ConfigurationDataValue -Value $TemplateItem.Value)
                        continue
                    }

                    if($TemplateItem.IsWildcard){
                        $MatchingDeploymentItems = @($Deployment.$($Property.Name) | Where-Object { Test-ConfigurationDataItemHasKeys -Item $_ -KeyNames $SearchKeyNames })
                    }else{
                        $MatchingDeploymentItems = @($Deployment.$($Property.Name) | Where-Object { Test-ConfigurationDataItemKeyMatch -Left $_ -Right $TemplateItem.Value -KeyNames $SearchKeyNames })
                    }

                    if($MatchingDeploymentItems.Count -gt 0){
                        foreach($DeploymentItem in $MatchingDeploymentItems){
                            $OutputItem = @($Output.$($Property.Name) | Where-Object { Test-ConfigurationDataItemKeyMatch -Left $_ -Right $DeploymentItem -KeyNames $SearchKeyNames })[0]
                            Merge-DSCConfigurationData -Template $TemplateItem.Value -Deployment $DeploymentItem -Output $OutputItem | Out-Null
                        }
                    }else{
                        if($TemplateItem.IsWildcard){
                            Write-Verbose "Wildcard item [$(Format-ConfigurationDataMergeKey -Item $TemplateItem.Value -KeyNames $SearchKeyNames)] in [$($Property.Name)] matched no deployment items"
                        }else{
                            Write-Verbose "Pair [$(Format-ConfigurationDataMergeKey -Item $TemplateItem.Value -KeyNames $SearchKeyNames)] not present"
                            $Output.$($Property.Name) += ,(Copy-ConfigurationDataValue -Value $TemplateItem.Value)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }else{
                Write-Verbose "Array is not defined in Deployment"
                $Output.$($Property.Name) = Copy-ConfigurationDataValue -Value $Template.$($Property.Name)
            }
        }else{
            Write-Verbose "$($Property.Name) is a String or Integer Value"
            if($null -eq $Deployment.$($Property.Name)){
                $Output.Add($Property.Name,(Copy-ConfigurationDataValue -Value $Template.($Property.Name)))
            }elseif($Deployment.$($Property.Name) -ne $Property.Value){
            }
        }
    }
    return $Output
}