Set Power Plan with SCCM

In this guide I’ll show you how to set the Power Plan of Windows to High Performance during the OSD.

This is good for one main reason: Speed up the deployment time. It seems that after some tests, this can speed up the OSD by 20-50% (depending on the environment and the deployment).

First, create a new “Run Command Line” step.

In the command line add this:

PowerCfg.exe /s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

Note

Every power plan has it’s own GUID. If you wish to set it back to something else, simply choose your GUID and implement it later in the TS.

Mode	Description	GUID
Power Saver	Delivers reduced performance which may increase power savings.	a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a
Balanced	Automatically balances performance and power consumption according to demand.	381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
High Performance	Delivers maximum performance at the expense of higher power consumption.	8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

Under the Options tab, create a TS Variable like this:

Now, I also added this power plan to take affect during WinPE as well like this:

X:\Windows\System32\PowerCfg.exe /s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

For testing purposes, I created a TS for this alone:

Deploying it to my machine worked great:

That's it, hope it helps someone 😊