MDT 2012 Update 1: Missing “Request State Store” step causes state restore to fail from State Migration Point in REPLACE Scenario.

I have found that the MDT 2012 Update 1 Client Task Sequence Template is now missing a crucial step in the later stages of the task sequence which is needed to restore captured data from the ConfigMgr State Migration Point when working under the REPLACE scenario – and we need to add this back in.

You simply need to add a “Request State Store” step just above the new “Connect to State Store” step (which looks to just do an authentication against UNC path) and add a condition on the step to run only if Task Sequence Variable “USMTLOCAL” not equals TRUE.

Also add a “Release State Store” step below the “Restore User State” task, again with the same condition as above.

Andy