There are many ways of deploying applications during a task sequence but I wanted to give my deployment guys the ability to assign applications on the fly and from within the task sequence. This is especially handy for bare metal deployments. Thanks to Jason Sandys and his OSD App Tree utility this can be done very easily. The OSD App Tree is a small utility that provides user interaction during the task sequence by referencing an XML file to assign applications. You have the ability to set up application groups, organize them in a tree view, make them optional or mandatory, use conditions, etc. Check it out here…
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys/pages/osdapptree.aspx
