Peter van der Woude

Why would you want to do that during the task sequence?

There is no problem with the variables... The error message is in your log file.. Make sure the application is marked for dynamic app instal. Did you select Allow this application to be installed from the Install application task sequence action without being deployed in the General tab of the application?

Did you check your SMS provider and if it's running? If it is, you might want to restart it.

Simply get the variables via Get-CMDeviceCollectionVariable and remove them via Remove-CMDeviceCollectionVariable.

Why wouldn't you put the response file in your package?

Is the software already installed in your image?

Are you using unknown computer support for OS deployment?

Still the same issue? Looks like your client is not assigned, not approved, but at least not cummunicating.

Either run a script from your old site to assign them to the new site, or reinstall the clients.

You're only creating one partition, so I would set the destination to the default of Next available formatted partition.

Make sure to use to digits after your base variable, so it should be SOFT01, SOFT02,... If the Install applications step in the task sequence is configured to use the base variable SOFT, the task sequence will pick up the collection variables and link them to the Install applications step.

Most newer devices are already usable via WinPE. Make sure that the driver you insert matches the operating system of you boot image and not the one of the operating system that you're deploying.

You always need to use Deployment Package. When you're downloading the content of a software update, you will need to download them to a Deployment Package and that package will be used to make the (content of the) updates available to the clients.

If you want to use something like this, then my personal choice would be the script of Jason. Main reason is the ability to be configured via GPO and the checks that it does.

Correct. During a task sequence you can indeed use that as input.

Thanks for sharing!

The best and most future ready solution would be to created separate applications for all of them. Indeed one application with multiple deployment types won't works as it goes through all the deployment types (by priority) and installs the first applicable one.

The thing with PowerShell in task sequences is usually that it shows the result of 0, because it succesfuly started the script. That doesn't mean that it didn't fail. It could be that there are a some errors a few lines abow it.

It's not a bad advice, because you are changing something in the environment. By doing this the proper way it will stop the site and after the SQL change it will reinstall some components with the correct configuration.

It doesn't matter how you input the user, as long as you do The resourcename variable is the name of the computer object running the task sequence and the container variable is the folder name that contains your application deployment collections (just to prevent the script from searching through all collections).

An FSP doesn't exist anymore, so that can be removed from your command. Also, I think you should supply the SMSMP parameter to supply the management point for the initial contact.

You can set the UDA during the task sequence via the variable SMSTSUdaUsers. For an idea for the usage see: http://www.petervanderwoude.nl/post/install-user-targeted-applications-during-os-deployment-via-powershell-and-configmgr-2012/

Multiple options (without knowing your requirements and setup): Deploy the updates to a normal collection and include the unknown objects, to target everything in one time. Deploy the updates to multiple collections. etc.

That's weird, because the only mechanism that resets that is the Clear Install Flag... Are those clients assigned to the site? Are they communicating (if so, after a heartbeat they should be back)? Were they deleted and rediscovered?

I think I missunderstand the way the clients show in the console... Are they showing in the console as Client NO?