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Start-Job is a Powershell CmdLet to run a Scriptblock as background job

Invoke a second script with arguments from a script

I have a script that reads a configuration file that results in a set of name value pairs that I …

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How to call a powershell function within the script from Start-Job?

I saw this question and this question but couldn't find solution to my problem. So here is the situation: I …

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Powershell: Run multiple jobs in parralel and view streaming results from background jobs

Overview Looking to call a Powershell script that takes in an argument, runs each job in the background, and shows …

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Powershell pass variable to start-job

within powershell I'd like to learn the best way to call a variable to a start job so I don't …

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start-job Run command in parallel and output result as they arrive

I am trying to get specific KBXXXXXX existence on a list of servers , but once my script one server it …

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Powershell - how to pre-evaluate variables in a scriptblock for Start-Job

I want to use background jobs in Powershell. How to make variables evaluated at the moment of ScriptBlock definition? $v1 = "123" $…

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PowerShell Start-Job Working Directory

Is there a way to specify a working directory to the Start-Job command? Use-case: I'm in a directory, and I …

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Start-job vs. Invoke-command -asjob

I'm trying to do basic background jobs in PowerShell 2.0, and I'm seeing different things with start-job and invoke-command -asjob. If …

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Invoke-Command in a background job

I have a powershell 2.0 script which should run a command on several servers and process the output. I want to …

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Managing the running time of background jobs. Timing out if not completed after x seconds,

I would like to time my background jobs (started with start-job) and time them out after x seconds. I find …

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