PowerShell PowerShell Background Jobs Basic job creation

Example

Start a Script Block as background job:

$job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process} 

Start a script as background job:

$job = Start-Job -FilePath "C:\YourFolder\Script.ps1" 

Start a job using Invoke-Command on a remote machine:

$job = Invoke-Command -ComputerName "ComputerName" -ScriptBlock {Get-Service winrm} -JobName "WinRM" -ThrottleLimit 16 -AsJob 

Start job as a different user (Prompts for password):

Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process} -Credential "Domain\Username" 

Or

Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process} -Credential (Get-Credential) 

Start job as a different user (No prompt):

$username = "Domain\Username" $password = "password" $secPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force $credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList @($username, $secPassword) Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process} -Credential $credentials 

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