Scheduling a Powershell script as a batch job

I need to run a PowerShell script as a batch job to be executed every 5 minutes on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server.
I want to use a scheduled task.
I read on the web different ways to solve the problem but I was unable to make them work.
What is the simplest way to run a PowerShell file as a scheduled job?
Regards
Mario

Hi Mario,
The quickest method is to write your script and save it on the server. Then create a new scheduled task like so:
Actions -
Start a program
Program/script : C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Add arguments : -File C:\path\to\script.ps1
That's all you need to do for simple scripts (make sure your execution policy is set right too).
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$hashBackupFilesFile = "d"
#If the item is file then generate hash for file content
if($bBackupFilesFile){
$hashBackupFilesFile = $(Get-Hash -HashTarget $strBackupFilesSourceFullPath -HashType "File")
#Checking that the file has been copied
if($xmlBackupFilesHashFile[$hashBackupFilesPath] -ne $hashBackupFilesFile){
Write-Host -NoNewline $("hash changed=>$hashBackupFilesFile...")
Copy-File -SourceFile $strBackupFilesSourceFullPath $strBackupFilesDestFullPath|Out-Null
#Returning result
Write-Output @{$hashBackupFilesPath=$hashBackupFilesFile}
else{
Write-Host -NoNewline "not changed..."
Write-Host "done"
Write-Host "Backup completed"
catch { throw $_ }
function Backup-Full
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
#region Params
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$HashFile,
[Parameter(Position=3, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$ChainKey
#endregion
try{
#Creating an empty hash table
$xmlBackupFullHashFile = @{}
#Starting directory lookup
$uintBackupFullCount = 0
Backup-Files -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $("$DestDir\$ChainKey\Full_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy")) -HashTable $xmlBackupFullHashFile|`
ForEach-Object{
$xmlBackupFullHashFile.Add([string]$_.Keys,[string]$_.Values)
$uintBackupFullCount++
#Saving chain key.
$xmlBackupFullHashFile.Add("ChainKey",$ChainKey)
Write-Host -NoNewline "Saving XML file to $HashFile..."
Export-Clixml -Path $HashFile -InputObject $xmlBackupFullHashFile -Force
Write-Host "done"
Write-Output $uintBackupFullCount
catch { throw $_ }
function Backup-Diff
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'leaf'})]
[System.String]
$HashFile
#endregion
try{
#Loading hash table
$xmlBackupDiffHashFile = Import-Clixml $HashFile
$chainKeyBackupDiffDifferential = $xmlBackupDiffHashFile["ChainKey"]
$uintBackupDiffCount = 0
#Starting directory lookup
Backup-Files -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $("$DestDir\$chainKeyBackupDiffDifferential\Differential_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy.HHmm")) -HashTable $xmlBackupDiffHashFile|`
ForEach-Object{ $uintBackupDiffCount++ }
Write-Output $uintBackupDiffCount
catch { throw $_ }
function Backup-Inc
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'leaf'})]
[System.String]
$HashFile
#endregion
try{
#Loading hash table
$xmlBackupIncHashFile = Import-Clixml $HashFile
$chainKeyBackupIncIncremental = $xmlBackupIncHashFile["ChainKey"]
$uintBackupIncCount = 0
#Starting directory lookup
Backup-Files -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $("$DestDir\$chainKeyBackupIncIncremental\Incremental_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy.HHmm")) -HashTable $xmlBackupIncHashFile|`
ForEach-Object{
$xmlBackupIncHashFile[[string]$_.Keys]=[string]$_.Values
$uintBackupIncCount++
Write-Host -NoNewline "Saving XML file to $HashFile..."
Export-Clixml -Path $HashFile -InputObject $xmlBackupIncHashFile -Force
Write-Host "Done"
Write-Output $uintBackupIncCount
catch { throw $_ }
#0 - is OK. 1 - some error
$exitValue=0
process{
try{
$filesCopied=0
$strSourceFolderName = $(Get-Item $SourceDir).Name
$strHasFile = $("$HashPath\Hash_$strSourceFolderName.xml")
$strMessage = $($(Get-Date -Format "HH:mm_dd.MM.yyyy;") + "$BackupType backup of $SourceDir started")
#Automatically switch to full backup
$bSwitch = $(!$(Test-Path -LiteralPath $strHasFile -PathType "Leaf") -and $SwitchToFull)
Write-Log -Message $strMessage -LogFile $LogFile
switch($true){
$($BackupType -eq "Full" -or $bSwitch) {
$filesCopied = Backup-Full -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $DestDir -HashFile $strHasFile -ChainKey $("Backup_$strSourceFolderName" + "_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy"))
break
$($BackupType -eq "Incremental") {
$filesCopied = Backup-Inc -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $DestDir -HashFile $strHasFile
break
$($BackupType -eq "Differential") {
$filesCopied = Backup-Diff -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $DestDir -HashFile $strHasFile
break
$strMessage = $($(Get-Date -Format "HH:mm_dd.MM.yyyy;") + "$BackupType backup of $SourceDir completed successfully. $filesCopied items were copied.")
Write-Log -Message $strMessage -LogFile $LogFile
Write-Output $filesCopied
catch {
$strMessage = $($(Get-Date -Format "HH:mm_dd.MM.yyyy;") + "$BackupType backup of $SourceDir failed:" + $_)
Write-Log -Message $strMessage -LogFile $LogFile
$exitValue = 1
end{exit $exitValue}
I have some experience writing Powershell scripts,but I am lost at how this script prompts for Source and Destination paths. I tried modifying the Param section, but this didnt work and up until now I thought the only way you could get a prompt was with
"read-host". Any and all education on this matter would be greatly appreciated. (Side note: I have posted this question on the forum in which I found it and have not got an answer yet).
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$HashPath,
[Parameter(Position=3, Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateSet("Full","Incremental","Differential")]
[System.String]
$BackupType="Full",
[Parameter(Position=4, Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$LogFile=".\Backup-Files.log",
[Parameter(Position=5, Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter]
$SwitchToFull
#endregion
begin{
function Write-Log
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$Message,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$LogFile
#endregion
try{
Write-Host $Message
Out-File -InputObject $Message -Append $LogFile
catch {throw $_}
function Get-Hash
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$HashTarget,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateSet("File","String")]
[System.String]
$HashType
#endregion
begin{
try{ $objGetHashMD5 = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider }
catch {throw $_ }
process{
try {
#Checking hash target is file or just string
switch($HashType){
"String" {
$objGetHashUtf8 = New-Object -TypeName System.Text.UTF8Encoding
$arrayGetHashHash = $objGetHashMD5.ComputeHash($objGetHashUtf8.GetBytes($HashTarget.ToUpper()))
break
"File" {
$arrayGetHashHash = $objGetHashMD5.ComputeHash([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($HashTarget))
break
#Return hash
Write-Output $([System.Convert]::ToBase64String($arrayGetHashHash))
catch { throw $_ }
function Copy-File
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Any'})]
[System.String]
$SourceFile,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestFile
#endregion
try{
#The script fails when folder being copied to file. So the item will be removed to avoid the error.
if(Test-Path -LiteralPath $DestFile -PathType Any){
Remove-Item -LiteralPath $DestFile -Force -Recurse
#Creating destination if doesn't exist. It's required because Copy-Item doesn't create destination folder
if(Test-Path -LiteralPath $SourceFile -PathType Leaf){
New-Item -ItemType "File" -Path $DestFile -Force
#Copying file to destination directory
Copy-Item -LiteralPath $SourceFile -Destination $DestFile -Force
catch{ throw $_ }
function Backup-Files
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNull()]
[System.Collections.Hashtable]
$HashTable
#endregion
try{
$xmlBackupFilesHashFile = $HashTable
Write-Host "Backup started"
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path $SourceDir|ForEach-Object{
$currentBackupFilesItem = $_
#Full path to source and destination item
$strBackupFilesSourceFullPath = $currentBackupFilesItem.FullName
$strBackupFilesDestFullPath = $currentBackupFilesItem.FullName.Replace($SourceDir,$DestDir)
#Checking that the current item is file and not directory. True - the item is file.
$bBackupFilesFile = $($($currentBackupFilesItem.Attributes -band [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Directory) -ne [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Directory)
Write-Host -NoNewline ">>>Processing item $strBackupFilesSourceFullPath..."
#Generating path hash
$hashBackupFilesPath = $(Get-Hash -HashTarget $strBackupFilesSourceFullPath -HashType "String")
$hashBackupFilesFile = "d"
#If the item is file then generate hash for file content
if($bBackupFilesFile){
$hashBackupFilesFile = $(Get-Hash -HashTarget $strBackupFilesSourceFullPath -HashType "File")
#Checking that the file has been copied
if($xmlBackupFilesHashFile[$hashBackupFilesPath] -ne $hashBackupFilesFile){
Write-Host -NoNewline $("hash changed=>$hashBackupFilesFile...")
Copy-File -SourceFile $strBackupFilesSourceFullPath $strBackupFilesDestFullPath|Out-Null
#Returning result
Write-Output @{$hashBackupFilesPath=$hashBackupFilesFile}
else{
Write-Host -NoNewline "not changed..."
Write-Host "done"
Write-Host "Backup completed"
catch { throw $_ }
function Backup-Full
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
#region Params
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$HashFile,
[Parameter(Position=3, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$ChainKey
#endregion
try{
#Creating an empty hash table
$xmlBackupFullHashFile = @{}
#Starting directory lookup
$uintBackupFullCount = 0
Backup-Files -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $("$DestDir\$ChainKey\Full_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy")) -HashTable $xmlBackupFullHashFile|`
ForEach-Object{
$xmlBackupFullHashFile.Add([string]$_.Keys,[string]$_.Values)
$uintBackupFullCount++
#Saving chain key.
$xmlBackupFullHashFile.Add("ChainKey",$ChainKey)
Write-Host -NoNewline "Saving XML file to $HashFile..."
Export-Clixml -Path $HashFile -InputObject $xmlBackupFullHashFile -Force
Write-Host "done"
Write-Output $uintBackupFullCount
catch { throw $_ }
function Backup-Diff
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'leaf'})]
[System.String]
$HashFile
#endregion
try{
#Loading hash table
$xmlBackupDiffHashFile = Import-Clixml $HashFile
$chainKeyBackupDiffDifferential = $xmlBackupDiffHashFile["ChainKey"]
$uintBackupDiffCount = 0
#Starting directory lookup
Backup-Files -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $("$DestDir\$chainKeyBackupDiffDifferential\Differential_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy.HHmm")) -HashTable $xmlBackupDiffHashFile|`
ForEach-Object{ $uintBackupDiffCount++ }
Write-Output $uintBackupDiffCount
catch { throw $_ }
function Backup-Inc
#region Params
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([System.String])]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'Container'})]
[System.String]
$SourceDir,
[Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.String]
$DestDir,
[Parameter(Position=2, Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType 'leaf'})]
[System.String]
$HashFile
#endregion
try{
#Loading hash table
$xmlBackupIncHashFile = Import-Clixml $HashFile
$chainKeyBackupIncIncremental = $xmlBackupIncHashFile["ChainKey"]
$uintBackupIncCount = 0
#Starting directory lookup
Backup-Files -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $("$DestDir\$chainKeyBackupIncIncremental\Incremental_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy.HHmm")) -HashTable $xmlBackupIncHashFile|`
ForEach-Object{
$xmlBackupIncHashFile[[string]$_.Keys]=[string]$_.Values
$uintBackupIncCount++
Write-Host -NoNewline "Saving XML file to $HashFile..."
Export-Clixml -Path $HashFile -InputObject $xmlBackupIncHashFile -Force
Write-Host "Done"
Write-Output $uintBackupIncCount
catch { throw $_ }
#0 - is OK. 1 - some error
$exitValue=0
process{
try{
$filesCopied=0
$strSourceFolderName = $(Get-Item $SourceDir).Name
$strHasFile = $("$HashPath\Hash_$strSourceFolderName.xml")
$strMessage = $($(Get-Date -Format "HH:mm_dd.MM.yyyy;") + "$BackupType backup of $SourceDir started")
#Automatically switch to full backup
$bSwitch = $(!$(Test-Path -LiteralPath $strHasFile -PathType "Leaf") -and $SwitchToFull)
Write-Log -Message $strMessage -LogFile $LogFile
switch($true){
$($BackupType -eq "Full" -or $bSwitch) {
$filesCopied = Backup-Full -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $DestDir -HashFile $strHasFile -ChainKey $("Backup_$strSourceFolderName" + "_" + $(Get-Date -Format "ddMMyyyy"))
break
$($BackupType -eq "Incremental") {
$filesCopied = Backup-Inc -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $DestDir -HashFile $strHasFile
break
$($BackupType -eq "Differential") {
$filesCopied = Backup-Diff -SourceDir $SourceDir -DestDir $DestDir -HashFile $strHasFile
break
$strMessage = $($(Get-Date -Format "HH:mm_dd.MM.yyyy;") + "$BackupType backup of $SourceDir completed successfully. $filesCopied items were copied.")
Write-Log -Message $strMessage -LogFile $LogFile
Write-Output $filesCopied
catch {
$strMessage = $($(Get-Date -Format "HH:mm_dd.MM.yyyy;") + "$BackupType backup of $SourceDir failed:" + $_)
Write-Log -Message $strMessage -LogFile $LogFile
$exitValue = 1
end{exit $exitValue}

Hi Ryan Blaeholder,
Thanks for your posting.
To schedule a powershell script with input value, instead of modifying the script above, you can also try to add the input during creating a scheduled task like this:(save the script above as D:\backup.ps1)
-command "& 'D:\backup.ps1' 'input1' 'input2'"
For more detailed information, please refer to this article to complete:
Schedule PowerShell Scripts that Require Input Values:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/01/12/schedule-powershell-scripts-that-require-input-values.aspx
I hope this helps.
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How to create batch job based on sales organization?

I am Sending data using RFC function module, within a report program.
Now according to functional requirement I have to create two batch job scheduling scenarios:
1. Provide a batch job to be run towards month end (2X, 1X) to sent a delta record message using Report. This is scheduled on demand or requested on demand. Recommend 1 message per sales org.
Q: What does it mean by scheduled on demand or requested on demand?? Second thing is that like we have 10 sales org. and in variants for job scheduling we can assign only 1 at a time......how can i schedule per sales organization? do i need to create different job for each sales organization??
(2X, 1X) what is the meaning of this notation??
2. Create a new nightly batch job, run after daily billing batch, to send a delta records message of Report. Recommend 1 message per sales org.
Anyone please provide me some details on this issue.......
Regards
Anshul

I am Sending data using RFC function module, within a report program.
Now according to functional requirement I have to create two batch job scheduling scenarios:
1. Provide a batch job to be run towards month end (2X, 1X) to sent a delta record message using Report. This is scheduled on demand or requested on demand. Recommend 1 message per sales org.
Q: What does it mean by scheduled on demand or requested on demand?? Second thing is that like we have 10 sales org. and in variants for job scheduling we can assign only 1 at a time......how can i schedule per sales organization? do i need to create different job for each sales organization??
(2X, 1X) what is the meaning of this notation??
2. Create a new nightly batch job, run after daily billing batch, to send a delta records message of Report. Recommend 1 message per sales org.
Anyone please provide me some details on this issue.......
Regards
Anshul

Batch job and background job

Hi
what is the difference between a batch job and backgroun job ??
thanks
kumar

hi kumar,
As far as I know
Batch job are the jobs created with sessions. You can process those sessions in SM35. These are not direct update methods.
Where as the background jobs are the jobs running in the background with out user interaction. Once you schedule the job for the background job it will run with out user interaction according to the given schedule.
You can run the batch jobs also in background.

How to get all AD User accounts, associated with any application/MSA/Batch Job running in a Local or Remote machine using Script (PowerShell)

Dear Scripting Guys,
I am working in an AD migration project (Migration from old legacy AD domains to single AD domain) and in the transition phase. Our infrastructure contains lots
of Users, Servers and Workstations. Authentication is being done through AD only. Many UNIX and LINUX based box are being authenticated through AD bridge to AD.
We have lot of applications in our environment. Many applications are configured to use Managed Service Accounts. Many Workstations and servers are running batch
jobs with AD user credentials. Many applications are using AD user accounts to carry out their processes.
We need to find out all those AD Users, which are configured as MSA, Which are configured for batch jobs and which are being used for different applications on
our network (Need to find out for every machine on network).
These identified AD Users will be migrated to the new Domain with top priority. I get stuck with this requirement and your support will be deeply appreciated.
I hope a well designed PS script can achieve this.
Thanks in advance...
Thanks & Regards Bedanta S Mishra

Hey Satyajit,
Thank you for your valuable reply. It is really a great notion to enable account logon audit and collect those events for the analysis. But you know it is also a tedious job when thousand of Users come in to picture. You can imagine how complex it will be
for this analysis, where more than 200000 users getting logged in through AD. It is the fact that when a batch / MS or an application uses a Domain Users credential with successful process, automatically a successful logon event will be triggered in associated
DC. But there are also too many users which are not part of these accounts like MSA/Batch jobs or not linked to any application. In that case we have to get through unwanted events.
Recently jrv, provided me a beautiful script to find out all MSA from a machine or from a list of machines in an AD environment. (Covers MSA part.)
$Report= 'Audit_Report.html'
$Computers= Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Enabled -eq $True' | Select -Expand Name
$head=@'
<title>Non-Standard Service Accounts</title>
<style>
BODY{background-color :#FFFFF}
TABLE{Border-width:thin;border-style: solid;border-color:Black;border-collapse: collapse;}
TH{border-width: 1px;padding: 2px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;background-color: ThreeDShadow}
TD{border-width: 1px;padding: 2px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;background-color: Transparent}
</style>
$sections=@()
foreach($computer in $Computers){
$sections+=Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer -class Win32_Service -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object -Property StartName,Name,DisplayName |
ConvertTo-Html -PreContent "<H2>Non-Standard Service Accounts on '$Computer'</H2>" -Fragment
$body=$sections | out-string
ConvertTo-Html -Body $body -Head $head | Out-File $report
Invoke-Item $report
A script can be designed to get all scheduled back ground batch jobs in a machine, from which the author / the Owner of that scheduled job can be extracted. like below one...
Function Get-ScheduledTasks
Param
[Alias("Computer","ComputerName")]
[Parameter(Position=1,ValuefromPipeline=$true,ValuefromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
[string[]]$Name = $env:COMPUTERNAME
[switch]$RootOnly = $false
Begin
$tasks = @()
$schedule = New-Object -ComObject "Schedule.Service"
Process
Function Get-Tasks
Param($path)
$out = @()
$schedule.GetFolder($path).GetTasks(0) | % {
$xml = [xml]$_.xml
$out += New-Object psobject -Property @{
"ComputerName" = $Computer
"Name" = $_.Name
"Path" = $_.Path
"LastRunTime" = $_.LastRunTime
"NextRunTime" = $_.NextRunTime
"Actions" = ($xml.Task.Actions.Exec | % { "$($_.Command) $($_.Arguments)" }) -join "`n"
"Triggers" = $(If($xml.task.triggers){ForEach($task in ($xml.task.triggers | gm | Where{$_.membertype -eq "Property"})){$xml.task.triggers.$($task.name)}})
"Enabled" = $xml.task.settings.enabled
"Author" = $xml.task.principals.Principal.UserID
"Description" = $xml.task.registrationInfo.Description
"LastTaskResult" = $_.LastTaskResult
"RunAs" = $xml.task.principals.principal.userid
If(!$RootOnly)
$schedule.GetFolder($path).GetFolders(0) | % {
$out += get-Tasks($_.Path)
$out
ForEach($Computer in $Name)
If(Test-Connection $computer -count 1 -quiet)
$schedule.connect($Computer)
$tasks += Get-Tasks "\"
Else
Write-Error "Cannot connect to $Computer. Please check it's network connectivity."
Break
$tasks
End
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($schedule) | Out-Null
Remove-Variable schedule
Get-ScheduledTasks -RootOnly | Format-Table -Wrap -Autosize -Property RunAs,ComputerName,Actions
So I think, can a PS script be designed to get the report of all running applications which use domain accounts for their authentication to carry out their process. So from that result we can filter out the AD accounts being used for those
applications. After that these three individual modules can be compacted in to a single script to provide the desired output as per the requirement in a single report.
Thanks & Regards Bedanta S Mishra

How can I setup a scheduled task to run a Powershell Script delivered as a Group Policy Preference

I have a Powershell script I want to run only once when a user logs onto their system. This script would move all the PST files from the Local drive and the Home drive to a folder location within the users profile. I wanted to run this as a Windows 7 Scheduled Task using Group Policy Preferences. How can I get this to happen short of a logon script? I have updated all the machines to WMF 4.0 so could I use a Scheduled Job instead? I wanted to run the script as the logon user but elevated.#Start Outlook and Disconnect attached PST files.
$Outlook = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application
$namespace = $outlook.getnamespace("MAPI")
$folder = $namespace.GetDefaultFolder("olFolderInbox")
$explorer = $folder.GetExplorer()
$explorer.Display()
$myArray= @()
$outlook.Session.Stores | where{ ($_.FilePath -like'*.PST') } | foreach{[array]$myArray+= $_.FilePath}
for
($x=0;$x-le$myArray.length-1;$x++)
$PSTPath= $myArray[$x]
$PST= $namespace.Stores | ?{$_.FilePath -like$PSTPath}
$PSTRoot= $PST.GetRootFolder() #Get Root Folder name of PST
$PSTFolder= $Namespace.Folders.Item($PSTRoot.Name) #Bind to PST for disconnection
$Namespace.GetType().InvokeMember('RemoveStore',[System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$Namespace,($PSTFolder)) #Disconnect .PST
#Move All PST files to the default location while deleting the PST files from their original location.
$SourceList = ("$env:SystemDrive", "$env:HOMEDRIVE")
$Destination = ("$env:USERPROFILE\MyOutlookFiles")
(Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceList -Recurse -Filter *.PST) | Move-Item -Destination $Destination
#Attach all PST files from the default location.
Add-type -assembly "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook" | out-null
$outlook = new-object -comobject outlook.application
$namespace = $outlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
dir “$env:USERPROFILE\MyOutlookFiles\*.pst” | % { $namespace.AddStore($_.FullName) }

Mike,
I do not understand what appears to be a regular expression above. I did add the PowerShell script to the HKCU RunOnce Key as suggested.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noprofile -sta -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -File "C:\scripts\Windows PowerShell\Move-PST.ps1"
I'm delivering this using Group Policy Preferences. It seems to fail or time out when run because the behavior is different if I run the script from within the PowerShell IDE. I added the parameters to the script and will try it again in the morning.

System.Drawing.Bitmap in a scheduled powershell script

I've written a powershell script to date stamp multipage tiffs, but I check to make sure the file name follows the correct format before doing so. The file name must contain the date, sequence number, and number of pages. The script works fine when run manually,
but when run from task scheduler it fails to query the number of pages in the TIFF. Any ideas why the .NET features wouldn't work from a powershell script run as a scheduled task?
I am putting the page number in the variable "count" by doing the following:
$i=[System.Drawing.Bitmap]::FromFile($file.Fullname);$i.GetFrameCount($i.FrameDimensionsList[0])
$count=$i.GetFrameCount([System.Drawing.Imaging.FrameDimension]::Page)
FULL SCRIPT FOLLOWS
#Define the input and output folders and date format
$Original_TIFFs="C:\scans"
$Modified_TIFFs=";\\test\Shared\SDS\"
$date = get-date -Format d
$datename=Get-Date -format yyyyMMdd
Set-Location $Original_TIFFs
#Configure email settings
$emailFrom = "removed"
$emailTo = "removed"
$smtpServer = "removed"
$body = "Rename scanned claims file to the correct format. This email was sent from: ", $env:computername
#Define the location of the TIFF command line executable and its parameters
$200DLL='C:\TiffDLL200Commandline\Cmd200.exe '
$arg1='"FILE='
#Modify arg2 to put the output directory in front of the ; if don't want to overwrite current file
#$arg2=';|OW=Yes|BITS=2|TEXT=2;Received Date: '
$arg2=$modified_TIFFs
$arg3=';|BITS=2|TEXT=2;Received Date: '
$arg4='|TEXTOPS=-5;;10;14;"'
$files=Get-ChildItem $Original_TIFFs -Filter *.tif
if ($files -eq $null)
$subject = "No files to process today, directory empty."
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$body = "No files were processed today. This email was sent from: ", $env:computername
$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)
else
foreach ($file in $files)
#Begin loop to check each file and process
#Loads subsystems for opening TIFFs and second line puts the number of images into variable
$i=[System.Drawing.Bitmap]::FromFile($file.Fullname);$i.GetFrameCount($i.FrameDimensionsList[0])
$count=$i.GetFrameCount([System.Drawing.Imaging.FrameDimension]::Page)
#If statement checks if filename format is correct
if ($file -match '^\d{8}\d{3}_H_S_\d+_\d{8}[.tif]{4}$')
$file.name -match '^(?<date1>\d{8})\d{3}_H_S_(?<page_count>\d+)_(?<date2>\d{8})[.tif]{4}$' #Regex to put tests in $matches to check against
if (($matches.date1 -eq $datename) -and ($matches.date2 -eq $datename)) #Check if filename contains correct date
if ($count -eq $matches.page_count) #Check if filename
contains the correct page count
#insert TIFF modification
$allargs=$200Dll+$arg1+$file+$arg2+$file+$arg3+$date+$arg4
cmd /c $allargs
#cmd /c xcopy $file \\test\shared\SDS #Deprecated because now having
TIFF200DLL create a new file rather than overwrite
$i.Dispose()
#Close file stream so file can be deleted: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814675
Remove-Item $file.Name
#Next section is for a different output directory; Setup a seperate batch file to delete original TIFFs in the middle of the night
<#
$allargs="cmd200 "+$arg1+$file+";"+$Modified_TIFFs+";"+$arg2+$date+$arg3
cmd /c $allargs
#>
else
#else statement to send out error message if the number of pages differs from name
$subject = "The number of pages in the file ", $file.FullName, "differs from the actual count of ", $count, ". File will not be sent, please correct before tomorrow for processing."
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)
} #Close IF/THEN for correct date is in filename
else
$subject = "Date portion of filename is incorrect, please fix. File will not be sent to SDS", $file.FullName," ."
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)
} #Close IF/THEN for initial filename check
else
$subject = "File does not meet proper naming convention and will not be stamped nor sent to SDS", $file.FullName, " ."
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)
} #Close FOR loop
} #Close Else for check if FILES=NULL

You are buikding thisin the ISE?
You need too add:
add-type -AssemblyName System.Drawing
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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