Showing posts with label Application List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Application List. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2014

Deploy multiple applications using Dynamic Variables in a Task Sequence

When deploying applications within a task sequence you can add 10 applications at maximum in a single step. When deploying more applications you can add another "Install application" step or choose for "Install applications according to dynamic variable list". That way you can use a single step for as many applications you want. Just configure the following steps:

-Create a collection and add Collection Variables on it. Name must be APP01, APP02, APP03 (for example) and so on. Value must be the name of the application. Add as many applications needed.
-In the task sequence add a "Install application" step and choose for "Install applications according to dynamic variable list": APP (for example). Mark "If an application installation fails, continue installing other applications in the list" when needed.
-Just make sure that on every application used, "Allow this application to be installed from the Install Application task sequence action without being deployed" is checked.
(instead of APP you can use any name you want, as long as numbers are used. The name used in task sequence must be same.)

Deploy the task sequence on the created collection. All applications will get deployed in a sequence based on the numbering of the collection variables choosed. Just another way for installing applications ;)
In my case I'm installing around 30 applications in a single step. Not a problem at all, and very easy to configure.

More blogposts on this topic:
Deploy multiple packages using Dynamic Variables in a Task Sequence