User Experience for Configuration Manager Task Sequences - Part I

task sequence scripts

Maarten — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:34:58 GMT

Aly,

looks very interesting. But you lost me in the last 3 steps. You say I need to add these extra lines in my scripts?

Could you get into a bit more detail about that please?

what scripts? My TS is made out of the default blocks provided by SCCM and I use no custom scripts. Where should I put that <script language="VBScript" src="OutputMessage.vbs"/> line? and all the other ones...?

thanks!

Maarten

re: User Experience for Configuration Manager Task Sequences - Part I

mpauchet — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:13:31 GMT

Hi Aly,

(I already posted this question but didn't see my comment appear so now trying again after logging in)

I like this modification, but could you give some more info on these extra lines that need to be added (step 6-7)?

We use SCCM for deployment, using only the default SCCM task to make our TS. So in which scripts do I have to put these lines?

thanks for the info. looking forward to trying it..

Maarten

re: User Experience for Configuration Manager Task Sequences - Part I

DeploymentGuys — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:39:59 GMT

Maarten,

I was referring to any custom scripts you plan to add. If you simply want to write to the User Experience you can create a custom script to that just that. For instance:

1. Add a command-line action in your task sequence to run this custom script.

Cscript MyCustomScript.wsf

2. Create the MyCustomScript.wsf and put it in an SCCM Package. Reference that package in the action you added in (1).

3. Here is sample syntax for MyCustomScript.wsf

OutputMessage "Info", "Validating machine", "Please wait while your deployment begins"

</script>

</job>

4. You can replace the message with whatever you like. You can duplicate this script and call a different message during the task sequence.

Hope that helps,

Aly

Creating a user-interactive Task Sequence experience

Cravings of OSD — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:26:16 GMT

In the interest of bettering user experience, this post covers launching an interactive process from