With Service Pack 1 for SCCM 2012, Microsoft introduced a few new task sequence variables. The one in the spotlight for this post is: SMSTSPostAction.
The SMSTSPostAction variable can be defined anywhere in the task sequence with a “Set Task Sequence Variable” step. Its value can be any command you wish, like:
- Shut down the computer
Command: shutdown /s /t 0
- Run a PowerShell script (the script needs to be copied to the computer during the task sequence)
Command: powershell -File “%TEMP%\Do-SomeStuff.ps1” -ExecutionPolicy ByPass
This command is executed right after the task sequence was successfully completed. In the smsts.log the second last entry shows your post action command:
| Log Text | Component |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| Successfully removed C:\WINDOWS\system32\OSDSETUPHOOK.EXE | OSDSetupHook |
| Successfully removed C:\WINDOWS\system32\_SMSOSDSetup | OSDSetupHook |
| End program: [your command] | OSDSetupHook |
| Successfully finalized logs to SMS client log directory from C:\WINDOWS\CCM\Logs | OSDSetupHook |
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