For Office based users:
For remote users:
Content will always be downloaded to the local Nomad cache as the assumption is there will be no local peers:
The Use USB Media if insufficient disk space option is checked by default. Uncheck this if users are not allowed to use USB disks. If this option is unchecked and there is insufficient space on the local disk to store all the required content, the WSA will prevent the user from executing the deployment.
- Check the Clean USB when finished option to have the WSA remove any content it added to the USB media when the task sequence has finished.
Driver Packages:
Check the Download only applicable driver packages if the task sequence includes any Install Driver Package or Download Driver Package steps and you want to reduce the amount of content downloaded. By default, the WSA will download all driver packages referenced in the task sequence. By enabling this option, the WSA will parse the task sequence and only download drivers that meet the condition defined on the Install Driver Package or Download Driver Package step. If unchecked, the WSA will download all referenced driver packages and may therefore require more time and disk space.
WSA is only able to evaluate single WMI conditions in the Install Driver Package steps. If multiple conditions are defined, only the first will be evaluated. |
Check the Fail readiness check if no applicable driver package is found option to fail the readiness checks if the Task Sequence does not include any drivers applicable to the current device.
Typically, virtual machines will not have any applicable drivers, so ensure the Fail readiness check if no applicable driver package is found option is not selected when testing with virtual machines. |
Hash checking:
WSA will perform a content hash check on all downloaded content as part of the readiness checks. As the readiness checks may be run a second time (when the user actually starts the deployment), you can avoid the hash checks being repeated within the time period defined in the Do not repeat hash check within option. The value is defined in minutes between 0 and 480 minutes (8 hours) - 0 will result in hash checks always being performed.