diff --git a/build/manifest.ps1 b/build/manifest.ps1
index 9b2e3bb1a6..a554791a8f 100644
--- a/build/manifest.ps1
+++ b/build/manifest.ps1
@@ -1,48 +1,65 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
-#Requires -PSEdition Core
+<#
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        Provides the list of artifacts (Packages and Assemblies) generated by this repository.
+    
+    .PARAMETER OutputFormat
+        Specifies if the output of this script should be a hashtable with the artifacts
+        as strings with the absolute path (AbsolutePath) or FileInfo structures.
+#>
+param(
+    [ValidateSet('FileInfo', 'AbsolutePath')]
+    [string] $OutputFormat = 'FileInfo'
+);
+
+& "$PSScriptRoot\set-env.ps1"
 
-& "$PSScriptRoot/set-env.ps1"
 
 if ($Env:ENABLE_VSIX -ne "false") {
     # The language server is only built if either the VS2019 or VS Code extension
     # is enabled.
     $VsixAssemblies = @(
-        "./src/QsCompiler/LanguageServer/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsCompilationManager.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/LanguageServer/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsCore.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/LanguageServer/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsDataStructures.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/LanguageServer/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsLanguageServer.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/LanguageServer/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsSyntaxProcessor.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/LanguageServer/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsTextProcessor.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/LanguageServer/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsTransformations.dll"
-    );
-
-    # The VS2019 extension itself is only built if msbuild is present.
-    if (Get-Command msbuild -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-        $VsixAssemblies += @(
-            "./src/VisualStudioExtension/QsharpVSIX/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/Microsoft.Quantum.VisualStudio.Extension.dll"
-        );
-    }
-} else {
-    $VsixAssemblies = @();
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\LanguageServer\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netcoreapp3.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsLanguageServer.dll",
+        ".\src\VisualStudioExtension\QsharpVSIX\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\Microsoft.Quantum.VisualStudio.Extension.dll"	
+    );	
 }
+else {	
+    $VsixAssemblies = @();	
+}	
 
-
-@{
+$artifacts = @{
     Packages = @(
         "Microsoft.Quantum.Compiler",
-        "Microsoft.Quantum.Compiler.CommandLine",
+        "Microsoft.Quantum.DocumentationGenerator"
         "Microsoft.Quantum.ProjectTemplates",
         "Microsoft.Quantum.Sdk",
-        "Microsoft.Quantum.DocumentationGenerator"
-    );
+        "qsc"
+    ) | ForEach-Object { Join-Path $Env:NUGET_OUTDIR "$_.$Env:NUGET_VERSION.nupkg" };
+
     Assemblies = $VsixAssemblies + @(
-        "./src/Documentation/DocumentationGenerator/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netstandard2.1/Microsoft.Quantum.DocumentationGenerator.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/CommandLineTool/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsCompiler.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/CommandLineTool/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/Microsoft.Quantum.QsDocumentationParser.dll",
-        "./src/QsCompiler/CommandLineTool/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/qsc.dll",
-        "./src/QuantumSdk/Tools/BuildConfiguration/bin/$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION/netcoreapp3.1/publish/Microsoft.Quantum.Sdk.BuildConfiguration.dll"
-    ) | ForEach-Object { Get-Item (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ".." $_) };
-} | Write-Output;
+        ".\src\Documentation\DocumentationGenerator\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.DocumentationGenerator.dll",
+
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsCompilationManager.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsCompiler.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsCore.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsDataStructures.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsDocumentationParser.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsOptimizations.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsSyntaxProcessor.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsTextProcessor.dll",
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\Compiler\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.Quantum.QsTransformations.dll"
+
+        ".\src\QsCompiler\CommandLineTool\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netcoreapp3.1\qsc.dll",
+
+        ".\src\QuantumSdk\Tools\BuildConfiguration\bin\$Env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION\netcoreapp3.1\Microsoft.Quantum.Sdk.BuildConfiguration.dll"
+    ) | ForEach-Object { Join-Path $PSScriptRoot (Join-Path ".." $_) };
+} 
+
+if ($OutputFormat -eq 'FileInfo') {
+    $artifacts.Packages = $artifacts.Packages | ForEach-Object { Get-Item $_ };
+    $artifacts.Assemblies = $artifacts.Assemblies | ForEach-Object { Get-Item $_ };
+}
+
+$artifacts | Write-Output;
diff --git a/build/pack.ps1 b/build/pack.ps1
index ff1cee4c6a..52ba41364a 100644
--- a/build/pack.ps1
+++ b/build/pack.ps1
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ if ("$Env:DOCS_OUTDIR".Trim() -ne "") {
     Pop-Location
 }
 
-Write-Host "##[info]Verifying manifest..."
-& (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "manifest.ps1")
-
 if (-not $all_ok) {
     throw "Packing failed. Check the logs."
     exit 1
diff --git a/build/steps.yml b/build/steps.yml
index 0623033f7f..323b096c22 100644
--- a/build/steps.yml
+++ b/build/steps.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ steps:
   workingDirectory: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/build
 
 
-
 ##
 # VisualStudio Extension can't be built from the build script as msbuild is not available).
 ##
@@ -32,5 +31,9 @@ steps:
     configuration: $(Build.Configuration)
 
 
+- pwsh: ./manifest.ps1
+  displayName: "List built packages & assemblies"
+  workingDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/build'
+  condition: succeededOrFailed()
 
 - template: wrap-up.yml