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Friday Fun: A PowerShell Alarm Clock

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Today’s Friday Fun is a continuation of my exploration of ways to use Start-Job. A few weeks ago I wrote about using Start-Job to create “scheduled” tasks. I realized I could take this further and turn this into a sort … Continue reading →

Using Start-Job as a Scheduled Task

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Here’s a technique you might want to use for ad hoc troubleshooting or reporting. Even though it is possible to set up scheduled tasks to run PowerShell commands or scripts, it is cumbersome and time consuming. PowerShell v3 offers a … Continue reading →

Background Performance Counters

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Windows Powershell makes it relatively easy to collect performance counter information via the Get-Counter cmdlet. Because I’m assuming you want to collect more than a few seconds of performance information, you’ll need to take advantage of PowerShell background jobs if … Continue reading →

Ping IP Range

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Last week I came across a post on using PowerShell, or more specifically a .NET Framework class, to ping a range of computers in an IP subnet. The original post by Thomas Maurer is here. I added a comment. And … Continue reading →