SMSTSDisableWow64Redirection

Set this variable to "true" to disable Wow64 file redirection and 64bit registry redirection when the task sequence is evaluating file, folder and registry condition in a 64bit operating system.

WorkingDirectory

Specifies the starting directory for a command-line action.

Note
The specified directory name must not exceed 255 characters.

Examples:

• "C:\"
  
• "%SystemRoot%"
  

SMSRebootMessage

Specifies that an administrator configurable message to users before rebooting the computer will be displayed. If you don't specify a message, default message text is used.

Note
The message specified must not exceed 512 characters.

Example:

• "This computer will be restarted; please save your work."
  

SMSRebootTimeout

Specifies the number of seconds that the warning is displayed to the user before the computer will restart.  Specify zero seconds to indicate that no reboot message should be displayed.

Examples:

"0" (default)

"5"

"10"

SMSInstallUpdateTarget

Installs assigned software updates. You can specify all updates, or mandatory updates.

Valid values:

"All"

"Mandatory"

OSDConfigFileName

Specifies the file name of the operating system deployment answer file associated with the operating system deployment package

OSDImageIndex

Specifies the image index value of the WIM file that should be applied to the target computer.

OSDInstallEditionIndex

Specifies the version of Windows Vista operating system that will be installed. If no version is specified Windows setup will determine which version to install using the referenced product key.

Note
You should only use a value of zero ( 0 ) if the following conditions are true:

• You are installing a pre-Windows Vista operating system or,
  
• You are installing Windows Vista and,
  
• No product key is specified and,
  
• The operating system you are installing is a volume license edition.
  

Valid values:

"0" (default)

OSDDataImageIndex

Specifies the image index value of the WIM file that should be applied to the target computer.

OSDWipeDestinationPartition

Specifies if the files located on the target partition should be deleted.

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

SMSClientInstallProperties

Specifies the client installation properties that should be used when installing the Configuration Manager 2007 client.

OSDCaptureAccount

Specifies a Windows account name that has permissions to the network share where the captured image will be stored.

OSDCaptureAccountPassword

Specifies the password for the Windows account used to store the captured image on a network share.

OSDCaptureDestination

Specifies the location where a captured operating system image will be saved.

Note
The directory specified must be between 1 and 255 characters.

OSDImageCreator

An optional name of the user that created the image, stored in the WIM file.

Note
The specified user name must be between 1 - 255 characters.

OSDImageDescription

An optional user-defined description of the captured operating system image that is stored in the WIM file.

Note
The specified description must be between 1 - 255 characters.

OSDImageVersion

An optional user-defined version number to assign to the captured operating system image. This value can be any combination of letters and numbers and is stored in the WIM file.

Note
The specified version must be between 1 - 32 characters.

OSDTargetSystemRoot

Stores the path to the currently running operating system for the Prepare ConfigMgr Client for Capture task sequence action. The task sequence action uses this task sequence variable to find the path to the operating system so that it can be verified as a supported operating system for capture by Configuration Manager 2007.

OSDMigrateAdapatorSettings

Specifies if the network adapter settings (TCP/IP, DNS, and WINS) configuration information should be captured.

Examples:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDMigrateNetworkMembership

Specifies if the workgroup or domain membership information should be migrated as part of the operating system deployment.

Examples:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDAdapterCount

Specifies the number of network adapters installed on the target computer.

OSDDNSDomain

Specifies the primary DNS server that will be used by the target computer.

Note
This value is set by the Apply Network Settings action, but it remains in the environment and is available to all subsequent task sequence actions.

OSDDomainName

Specifies the name of the Windows domain that the target computer should join.

Note
The specified length must be between 1 - 32 characters.

OSDDomainOUName

Specifies the RFC 1779 format name of the organizational unit (OU) which the target computer should join. If specified, the value must contain the full path.

Example:

LDAP://OU=MyOu,DC=MyDom,DC=MyCompany,DC=com

OSDEnableTCPIPFiltering

Specifies if TCP/IP filtering should be enabled.

Note
This value is set by the Apply Network Settings action, but it remains in the environment and is available to all subsequent task sequence actions.

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDJoinAccount

Specifies the network account that should be used to add the target computer to a Windows domain.

OSDJoinPassword

Specifies the network password that should be used to add the target computer to a Windows domain.

OSDNetworkJoinType

Specifies the type of network the target computer should join as part of the operating system deployment.

"0" indicates that the target computer should join a Windows domain. "1" specifies that the computer should join a workgroup.

Valid values:

"0"

"1"

OSDSuffixSearchOrder

Specifies the DNS search order for the target computer.

Note
This value is set by the Apply Network Settings action, but it remains in the environment and is available to all subsequent task sequence actions.

OSDWorkgroupName

Specifies the name of the workgroup that the target computer should join.

You must specify either this value, or the OSDDomainName value.

Note
The specified length must be between 1 - 32 characters.

Example:

"Accounting"

OSDBuildStorageDriverList

Builds a mass storage device driver list.

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDKeepActivation

Specifies whether the product activation flag should be reset.

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

_SMSTSUserStatePath

Creates a location and allows you to save the user state locally. You must also set the OSDStateStorePath task sequence variable to _SMSTSUserStatePath.

OSDMigrateAdditionalCaptureOptions

Specifies additional user state migration tool (USMT) command line options that will be used to capture additional USMT options not exposed by the Configuration Manager 2007 user interface. This task sequence variable is only available for use with the Capture User State task sequence step.

Note
The USMT options specified with this task sequence variable are not validated for accuracy prior to running the task sequence.

OSDMigrateConfigFiles

Specifies the configuration files used to capture user profiles. This value is set for customized user profile migration.

OSDMigrateContinueOnLockedFiles

Allows the user state capture to proceed if some files cannot be captured.

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDMigrateEnableVerboseLogging

Enables verbose logging for the user state migration tool (USMT).

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDMigrateMode

Allows you to customize the files that are captured by the USMT.

Valid values:

"Simple"

"Advanced"

OSDMigrateSkipEncryptedFiles

Specifies if encrypted files should be captured.

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

_OSDMigrateUsmtPackageID

Specifies the package ID of the Configuration Manager 2007 package that will contain the USMT files. This variable is required.

OSDMigrateContinueOnRestore

Specifies that the user state restoration should continue even if some files cannot be restored.

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDMigrateEnableVerboseLogging

Enables verbose logging for the USMT tool.

Note
This value is required by the action; it must be set to "true" or "false"

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDMigrateLocalAccountPassword

Specifies if the local user account password should be reset for restored local user profiles.

OSDMigrateLocalAccounts

Specifies if the local computer account should be restored.

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

_OSDMigrateUsmtRestorePackageID

Specifies the package ID of the Configuration Manager 2007 package that contains USMT files that will be restored. This variable is required.

OSDStateFallbackToNAA

Specifies if the task sequence step should use the Network Access Account as a fallback when the computer account fails to connect to the state migration point.

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDStateSMPRetryCount

Specifies the number of times that the task sequence step should try to find a state migration point before failing.

Note
The specified count must be between 0 - 600.

OSDStateSMPRetryTime

Specifies number of seconds that the task sequence step should wait between retry attempts.

Note
The specified number of seconds must be between 0 - 30.

OSDDiskIndex

Specifies the physical disk number to be partitioned.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action.

OSDDiskpartBiosCompatibilityMode

Specifies whether or not to disable cache alignment optimizations when partitioning the hard disk for compatibility with certain types of BIOS.

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDGPTBootDisk

Specifies whether or not to create an EFI partition on a GPT hard disk so that it can be used as the startup disk on EFI-based computers.

Note
This value is required by the action; it must be set to "True" or "False"

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDPartitions

Specifies an array of partition settings; see the SDK topic for accessing array variables in the task sequence environment.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action.

This task sequence variable is an array variable. Each element in the array represents the settings for single partition on the hard disk. The settings defined for each partition can be accessed by combining the array variable name with the zero-based disk partition number and the property name.

For example, the following variable names can be used to define the properties for the first partition that will be created by this task sequence action on the hard disk:

Note
If multiple partitions will be defined with this task sequence action the properties for the second partition can be defined by using their index in the variable name; for example; OSDPartitions1Type, OSDPartitions1FileSystem, OSDPartitions1Bootable, OSDPartitions1QuickFormat, OSDPartitions1VolumeName and so on.

• OSDPartitions0Type - Specifies the type of partition and is a required property. Valid values are "Primary", "Extended", "Logical", and "Hidden".
  
• OSDPartitions0FileSystem - Specifies the type of file system to use when formatting the partition. This is an optional property, if no file system is specified the partition will not be formatted. Valid values are "FAT32" and "NTFS".
  
• OSDPartitions0Bootable - Specifies if the partition is bootable and is a required property. If this value is set to "TRUE" for MBR disks then this will be made the active partition.
  
• OSDPartitions0QuickFormat - Specifies the type of format that should be used and is a required property. If this value is set to "TRUE", a quick format will be performed otherwise a full format will be performed.
  
• OSDPartitions0VolumeName - Specifies the name that should be assigned to the volume when it is formatted. This is an optional property.
  
• OSDPartitions0Size - Specifies the size of the partition. Units are specified by the OSDPartitions0SizeUnits variable. This is an optional property. If this property is not specified the partition is created using all remaining free space.
  
• OSDPartitions0SizeUnits - Specifies the units that will be used when interpreting the OSDPartitions0Size task sequence variable. This is an optional property. Valid values are "MB" (default), "GB", and "Percent".
  
• OSDPartitions0VolumeLetterVariable - Partitions will always use the next available drive letter in Windows PE when they are created. Use this optional property to specify the name of another task sequence variable which will be used to save the new drive letter for future reference.
  

OSDPartitionStyle

Specifies the partition style to use when partitioning the disk. "MBR" indicates the master boot record partition style, and "GPT" indicates the GUID Partition Table style.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action; it must be set to "GPT" or "MBR"

Valid Values:

"GPT"

"MBR"

OSDConvertDiskIndex

Specifies the physical disk number to be converted.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action.

SMSConnectNetworkFolderAccount

Specifies the administrator account that should be used to connect to the network share.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action.

SMSConnectNetworkFolderDriveLetter

Specifies the network drive letter to connect to. This value is optional; if it is not specified, then the network connection is not mapped to a drive letter.

Note
If this value is specified the value must be in the range from D: to Z:

Examples:

"D:"

"E:"

SMSConnectNetworkFolderPassword

Specifies the network password that should be used to connect to the network share.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action.

SMSConnectNetworkFolderPath

Specifies the network path for the connection.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action.

Example:

"\\servername\sharename"

OSDJoinAccount

Specified the account that should be used by the target computer to join the Windows domain.

OSDJoinDomainName

Specifies the name of a Windows domain the target computer will join.

Note
The specified Windows domain name must be between 1 - 255 characters

OSDJoinDomainOUName

Specifies the RFC 1779 format name of the organizational unit (OU) which the target computer should join. If specified, the value must contain the full path.

Example:

LDAP://OU=MyOu,DC=MyDom,DC=MyCompany,DC=com

Note
The specified Windows domain OU name must be between 0 - 32,767 characters. This value should not be set if the variable OSDJoinType is set to "1" (join workgroup).

OSDJoinPassword

Stores the network password that should be used by the target computer to join the Windows domain.

Note
This value is required if the variable OSDJoinType is set to "0" (join domain)

OSDJoinSkipReboot

Specifies whether the target computer should be restarted after joining the domain or workgroup.

Valid values:

"true"

"false"

OSDJoinType

Specifies if the target computer should join a Windows domain or a workgroup. "0" will configure the target computer to join a specified Windows domain. "1" will configure the target computer to join a specified workgroup.

Valid values:

"0"

"1"

OSDJoinWorkgroupName

Specifies the name of a workgroup the target computer will join.

Note
The specified workgroup name must be between 1 to 32 characters.

Example:

"Accounting"

OSDMigrateComputerName

Specifies if the computer name should be migrated.

Note
This value is required by the action; it must be set to "true" or "false".

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDMigrateRegistrationInfo

Specifies if the computer user and organizational information should be migrated.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action; it must be set to "true" or "false".

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDMigrateTimeZone

Specifies if the computer time zone settings should be migrated.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence action; it must be set to "true" or "false".

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDComputerName

Specifies the default name of the target computer. This can be overwritten when the task sequence runs by the Capture Windows Settings task sequence action if the Migrate computer name option is selected.

Example:

"%_SMSTSMachineName%" (default)

OSDProductKey

Specifies the Windows product key.

Note
The specified value must be between 1 - 255 characters.

OSDRegisteredUserName

Specifies the default registered user name in the new operating system. This can be overwritten when the task sequence runs by the Capture Windows Settings task sequence action if the Migrate registered user and organization name option is enabled.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence; the specified value must be between 1 - 255 characters.

OSDRegisteredOrgName

Specifies the default registered organization name in the new operating system. This can be overwritten when the task sequence runs by the Capture Windows Settings task sequence action if the Migrate registered user and organization names option is enabled.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence; the specified value must be between 1 - 255 characters.

OSDTimeZone

Specifies the default time zone setting that should be used in the new operating system. This can be overwritten when the task sequence runs the Capture Windows Settings action if the Migrate time zone option is enabled.

Note
This value is required by the task sequence.

OSDServerLicenseMode

Specifies the Windows Server license mode that should be used.

Valid values:

"PerSeat"

"PerServer"

OSDServerLicenseConnectionLimit

Specifies the maximum number of connections allowed.

Note
The specified must be in the range between 5 - 9999 characters.

OSDRandomAdminPassword

Specifies a randomly generated password for the administrator account in the new operating system. If set to “true”, the local administrator account will be disabled on the target computer. If set to “false”, the local administrator account will be enabled on the target computer, and the local administrator account password will be assigned the value of the variable OSDLocalAdminPassword.

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDLocalAdminPassword

Specifies the local administrator password. This value is ignored if the Randomly generate the local administrator password and disable the account on all supported platforms option is enabled.

Note
The specified value must be between 1 and 255 characters.

OSDAutoApplyDriverCategoryList

Specifies the driver catalog category unique ID's the task sequence action will search in for required device drivers. This value is optional and it is not set by default. The available category ID's can be obtained by enumerating the list of SMS_CategoryInstance objects on the site.

OSDAllowUnsignedDriver

Specifies whether Windows should be configured to allow unsigned device drivers to be installed. This task sequence variable is not used when deploying the Windows Vista operating system.

Note
This value is required by the action; it must be set to "true" or "false".

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDAutoApplyDriverBestMatch

Specifies what the task sequence action should do if there are multiple device drivers in the driver catalog that are compatible with a hardware device. If set to "true”, only the best device driver will be installed. If “false”, all compatible device drivers will be installed, and the operating system will choose the best driver to use.

Note
This value is required by the action; it must be set to "true" or "false".

Valid values:

"true" (default)

"false"

OSDApplyDriverBootCriticalContentUniqueID

Specifies the content ID of the mass storage device driver in the driver package to install. If this is not specified, no mass storage driver is installed.

OSDApplyDriverBootCriticalINFFile

Specifies the INF file of the mass storage driver to be installed

Note
This task sequence variable is required if the OSDApplyDriverBootCriticalContentUniqueID is set.

OSDApplyDriverBootCriticalHardwareComponent

Specifies if a mass storage device driver is being installed, this must be “scsi”.

Note
This task sequence variable is required if the OSDApplyDriverBootCriticalContentUniqueID is set.

OSDApplyDriverBootCriticalID

Specifies the boot critical ID of the mass storage device driver to be installed. This is listed in the "scsi" section of the device driver’s txtsetup.oem file.

Note
This task sequence variable is required if the OSDApplyDriverBootCriticalContentUniqueID is set.

OSDAllowUnsignedDriver

Specifies whether Windows should be configured to allow unsigned device drivers to be installed. This task sequence variable is not used when deploying the Windows Vista operating system.

Note
This value is required by the action; it must be set to "true" or "false".

Valid values:

"true"

"false" (default)

OSDBitLockerRecoveryPassword

Specifies instead of generating a random recovery password, the Enable BitLocker task sequence action will use the specified value as the recovery password. The value must be a valid numerical BitLocker recovery password.

OSDBitLockerStartupKey

Specifies instead of generating a random startup key for the key management option “Startup Key on USB only”, the Enable BitLocker task sequence action will use the value as the startup key. The value must be a valid, Base64-encoded BitLocker startup key.

_SMSTSAdvertID

Stores the current running task sequence advertisement ID. It uses the same format as a Configuration Manager 2007 software distribution advertisement ID. If the task sequence is running from a stand-alone media, this variable is un-defined.

Example:

"ABC20001"

_SMSTSBootImageID

Stores the Configuration Manager 2007 boot image package ID if there is a boot image package associated with the current running task sequence. The variable will not be set if there is no Configuration Manager 2007 boot image package associated.

Example:

"ABC00001"

_SMSTSClientGUID

Stores the value of Configuration Manager 2007 client GUID. This variable is not set if the task sequence is running through a stand-alone media.

Example:

"0a1a9a4b-fc56-44f6-b7cd-c3f8ee37c04c"

_SMSTSCurrentActionName

Specifies the name of currently running task sequence step. This variable will be set before the task sequence manager runs each individual step.

Example:

"run command line"

_SMSTSDownloadOnDemand

Set to "true" if the current task sequence is running in download on demand mode which means the task sequence manager downloads content locally only when it needs to access the content.

_SMSTSInWinPE

This variable is set to "true" when the current task sequence step is running in the Windows PE environment and set to "false" if not. You can test this task sequence variable to determine the current operating system environment.

_SMSTSLastActionRetCode

Stores the return code returned by the last action that was run.

Example:

"0"

_SMSTSLastActionSucceeded

The variable is set to "true" if the last action is succeeded and to "false" if the last action failed. If the last action is skipped because the step is disabled or the associated condition is evaluated to false, this variable is not reset which means it still holds the value for the previous action of the last action.

_SMSTSLaunchMode

Specifies the task sequence launch method. The task sequence can have the following values:

• "SMS" - specifies that the task sequence is launched using the Configuration Manager 2007 client.
  
• "UFD" - specifies that the task sequence is launched using USB media.
  
• "CD" - specifies that the task sequence is launched using CD/DVD sets.
  
• "PXE" - specifies that the task sequence is launched from PXE
  

_SMSTSLogPath

Stores the full path to the log directory. This is specified by the TSM and can be used to determine where actions should be logged. This value cannot be set when no hard drive is available.

_SMSTSMachineName

Stores and specifies the computer name. Stores the name of the computer that the task sequence will use to log all status messages. To change the computer name in the new operating system use the OSDComputerName variable.

Example:

"ABC"

_SMSTSMediaType

Specifies the type of media that will be used to initiate the installation. Examples of types of media are Boot Media, Full Media, and PXE.

_SMSTSMP

Stores the name or IP address of a Configuration Manager 2007 management point.

_SMSTSMPPort

Stores the management point port number of a Configuration Manager 2007 management point.

Example:

"80"

_SMSTSOrgName

Stores the branding title name which will be displayed in task sequence progress UI dialog.

Example:

"XYZ Organization"

_SMSTSPackageID

Stores the current running task sequence ID. This ID uses the same format as a Configuration Manager 2007 software package ID.

Example:

"HJT00001"

_SMSTSPackageName

Stores the current running task sequence name specified by the Configuration Manager 2007 administrator when the task sequence is created.

Example:

"Deploy xpsp2 task sequence"

_SMSTSRunFromDP

Set to "true" if the current task sequence is running in run from distribution point mode, which means the task sequence manager will obtain required packages from distribution point shares.

_SMSTSSiteCode

Stores the site code of the Configuration Manager 2007 site.

Example:

"ABC"

_SMSTSType

Specifies the type of the current running task sequence. It can have following values:

"1" - indicates the generic task sequence.

"2" - indicates the operating system deployment task sequence.

_SMSTSUseCRL

Specifies if the task sequence uses the certificate revocation list when using SSL to communicate with the management point.

_SMSTSUserStarted

Specifies whether a task sequence is started by a user. This variable will only be set if the task sequence is started from the Configuration Manager 2007 client. For example, if _SMSTSLaunchMode is set to "SMS". The variable can have following values:

• "true" - specifies that the task sequence is manually started by a user from client RAP.
  
• "false" - specifies that the task sequence is initiated automatically by the Configuration Manager 2007 scheduler.
  

_SMSTSUseSSL

Specifies if the task sequence uses SSL to communicate with the Configuration Manager 2007 management point. If your site is running in native mode set the value to "true".

SMSTSErrorDialogTimeout

Specifies that a dialog indicating an error occurred. The dialog will be dismissed automatically in 15 minutes by default. Users can set this task sequence variable to control the timeout value in seconds.

SMSTSRebootDelay

Specifies how many seconds to wait before the computer will reboot. The task sequence manager will display a notification dialog before reboot if this variable is not set to 0.

Examples:

"0"

"30"

SMSTSRebootMessage

Specifies the message to display in the shutdown dialog box when a reboot is requested. If this variable is not set, then a default message will be shown.

Examples:

This computer is being rebooted by the task sequence manager.

SMSTSRebootRequested

Indicates that a reboot is requested after completing the current task sequence step. If a reboot is needed, simply set this variable to "true" and the task sequence manager will restart the machine after this task sequence step. The task sequence does not support an individual task sequence step to reboot the computer. The task sequence step must set this task sequence variable if it requires a reboot to complete the task sequence step. After the computer is rebooted, the task sequence will continue running from the next task sequence step.

SMSTSRetryRequested

Requests a retry after the completion of the current task sequence step. If this task sequence variable is set, the SMSTSRebootRequested must also be set to "true". After the computer is rebooted, the task sequence manager will rerun the same task sequence step.