{"id":818,"date":"2012-02-01T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/?p=818"},"modified":"2025-07-26T12:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:52:06","slug":"create-a-usmt-package-in-configmgr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/deployment\/create-a-usmt-package-in-configmgr\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a USMT Package in ConfigMgr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM \/ ConfigMgr) &nbsp;when performing an Operating System Deployment (OSD) there is usually some form of user data and settings migration. This is often performed using the Microsoft User State Migration Toolkit (USMT). The first step in using USMT is to create the USMT tool ConfigMgr package. This post details how to create such a package for USMT 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These instructions are for ConfigMgr 2012 but they are pretty much identical for ConfigMgr 2007 as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create USMT Package<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, get hold of the USMT 4 files. These can be found on the ConfigMgr server in the folder <strong>C:\\Program Files\\Windows AIK\\Tools\\USMT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"168\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/get_usmt_files.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-824\" title=\"USMT Files\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/get_usmt_files.png 526w, https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/get_usmt_files-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy these to your <a title=\"ConfigMgr 2007 OSD Folder Structure\" href=\"\/site\/deployment\/configmgr-2007-osd-folder-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ConfigMgr software library share<\/a>. In this example we will copy them to <strong>\\\\SERVER\\ConfigMgr_SWStore$\\OSD\\USMT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> In order to properly support migrations to\/from Office 2010 you must also download the updated USMT components from this knowledge base article:&nbsp;<a title=\"Information about the User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 update\" href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/2023591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/2023591<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now create a standard ConfigMgr package:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"292\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/usmt_package.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827\" title=\"USMT Package\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/usmt_package.png 596w, https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/usmt_package-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the program type screen select <strong>Do not create a program<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; the OSD task sequences will handle this for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"186\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/usmt_program_type.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-829\" title=\"USMT Package Program Type\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/usmt_program_type.png 559w, https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/usmt_program_type-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USMT package is now ready for use in an OSD Task Sequence using the <strong>Capture User State<\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong>Restore User State<\/strong>&nbsp;actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM \/ ConfigMgr) &nbsp;when performing an Operating System Deployment (OSD) there is usually some form of user data and settings migration. This is often performed using the Microsoft User State Migration Toolkit (USMT). The first step in using USMT is to create the USMT tool ConfigMgr package. 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