System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Unleashed: Supplement to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM) Unleashed

Task Sequence Size Ceiling

The maximum size of an executing task sequence environment is increased from 10MB to 32MB in ConfigMgr 2012 R2. The task sequence environment is often equated to the size of the task sequence itself, although this is not accurate. The size of a task sequence directly affects the environment size, but it is only one factor. A more accurate description of the task sequence environment is the total memory footprint used by the task sequence during its execution. This includes the contents of all task sequence variables as well as any applicable ConfigMgr policies. Policies applying software updates are notorious for bloating the task sequence environment size, as are systems with extremely large numbers of complex applications ...