Call Task Sequence at the end of a task sequence

Hi
I have SCCM 2012 R2 with many task sequence.
It's possible at the end to task sequence to call another task sequence? If yes, do you a link to explain that?
Thanks

The TechNet documentation has the bascis:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh846237.aspx#BKMK_InstallApplication (expand Details).
You simply need to populate the task sequence variables with the values corresponding to the applications or packages you want to install. This can be done in a variety of methods including directly assigning them to a collection or device, using a script,
or the built-in set task sequence variable step.
It all depends on how the task sequence is informed which path to take.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys

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