Advertise Task Sequence

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

The Advertise Task Sequence activity is used in a runbook that creates a new Configuration Manager Advertisement that assigns an existing task sequence to a collection. This enables you to deploy an operating system and software applications to one or more destination computers.

For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Advertise Task Sequence Activity

Properties and Published Data

The following tables list the properties and published data for this activity.

Advertise Task Sequence Properties

Advertise Task Sequence Optional Properties

Advertise Task Sequence Published Data

Configuring the Advertise Task Sequence Activity

To configure the Advertise Task Sequence activity

1. From the Activities pane, drag an Advertise Task Sequence activity to the active runbook.

2. Double-click the Advertise Task Sequence activity icon. The Properties dialog box opens.

3. Configure the settings in the Details tab:

   1. In the Connection section, click the ellipsis button (...), and then select the Configuration Manager server connection that you want to use for this activity. Click OK.

   2. In the Fields section, enter a value for each of the required properties. If the property is Lookup-enabled, you can click the ellipsis (…) button next to the text box to browse for a value.

      You can also use published data to automatically populate the value of the property from the data output by a previous activity in the runbook.

      To use published data

      1. Right-click the property value box, click Subscribe, and then click Published Data.

      2. Click the Activity drop-down box and select the activity from which you want to obtain the data.

      3. To view additional data elements common across the runbook, select Show Common Published Data.

      4. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.

         For a list of the data elements published by each activity, see the Published Data tables in the activity topic. For information about the Common Published Data items, see Published Data in the System Center Orchestrator 2012 Runbook Guide.

4. Configure the settings in the Schedule tab:

   The Schedule tab allows you to define a mandatory assignment for the advertisement as well as options for slow links and interaction. Mandatory assignment schedules cause Configuration Manager to automatically run the program at a specific time or according to a specific event, such as user Logon/Logoff. The settings on this tab are optional.

   When a mandatory assignment is defined for this advertisement, client computers will use the Advertisement Start Time to determine when to start downloading the package.

   To add a mandatory assignment

   1. Click Add. The Mandatory Schedule dialog box opens.

   2. To schedule the advertisement at a specified date and time select Use the following schedule.

      1. To schedule the event, click the ellipsis (…) button to open the Date Time Selection dialog. Modify the date and time according to your needs, and then click OK.

      2. If you want all clients to run the program at the same time regardless of time zone, select the UTC check box.

      3. If you want the advertisement to run on a recurring schedule, select one of the options: Weekly, Monthly or Custom Interval and set the properties according to your needs.

   3. To run the advertisement after an event, select Assign immediately after this event. Select the applicable option As soon as possible, Logoff, or Logon.

   4. Click OK to save the schedule.

   5. Select Assignments are not mandatory over slow links if you want the advertised program or task sequence to run only when the target computer is connected by a high-speed (LAN) network.

   6. Select Allow the user to run the program independently of assignments if you want to allow users to be able to run the program whether or not it has actually been assigned to the target computer.

5. For information about the settings on the General and Run Behavior tabs, see Common Configuration Instructions for All Activities.

6. Click Finish.

Other Activities

The Integration Pack for System Center Configuration Manager contains the following additional activities.

• Add Computer to Collection

• Create Advertisement

• Create Collection

• Delete Collection

• Deploy Software Update

• Get Advertisement Status

• Get Collection Member

• Get Software Update Compliance

• Refresh Client

• Refresh Collection