Sqm-Tasks
`Sqm-Tasks` is a Windows system task located under `\Microsoft\Windows\PI` in Task Scheduler.
since 0.9.8.11
Purpose
Identifier: \Microsoft\Windows\PI\Sqm-Tasks
Setup Foundry disables this scheduled task; the task remains registered, but its triggers no longer start it.
Sqm-Tasks is a Windows system task located under \Microsoft\Windows\PI in Task Scheduler. Microsoft describes it as gathering information about the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Secure Boot, and Measured Boot.
Microsoft does not publish further details for this task about the individual data fields, its triggers, or the program it executes.
Notes
Privacy and security
The information gathered by the task concerns the device's hardware and security configuration. The available Microsoft documentation does not state whether Sqm-Tasks transmits this information to Microsoft itself or only makes it available to another Windows component. A direct transmission by this task therefore cannot be established from the documentation.
Disabling the task stops its scheduled collection activity. It does not turn off Windows diagnostic data or telemetry as a whole.
Effects of the change
The task is no longer launched automatically by its configured triggers. Consequently, the collection of TPM, Secure Boot, and Measured Boot information assigned to this task no longer takes place on its schedule or is no longer refreshed by this task.
The underlying security features are not disabled. Windows and applications can continue to use TPM, Secure Boot, and Measured Boot because Microsoft documents the task as gathering information about these features, not as providing or configuring them.
No visible change to the Windows interface is expected. Microsoft does not document specific errors or loss of functionality in other components when this task is disabled. The task remains registered in Task Scheduler.
Notes
Microsoft lists Sqm-Tasks in documentation applying to Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2016 through Windows Server 2025. Its presence and configured triggers can vary with the Windows version and device configuration.
Microsoft documentation
Microsoft Learn: Optimizing Windows configuration for VDI desktops