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Job scheduling (Intermediate)

With the release of Windows PowerShell Version 3.0, there is one dedicated module introduced for PowerShell job scheduling named PSScheduledJob.

Getting ready

With the concept of scheduled jobs, we have the freedom to operate the data and operations as and when required. We don't need manual interaction too. PSScheduledJob refers to an instance of a scheduled job that is started by a job trigger. There are a bunch of CMDLETs available with this module as shown:

PS C :\> Get-Command -Module PSScheduledJob
CommandType   Name                       ModuleName
-----------   ----                       ----------
Cmdlet        Add-JobTrigger             PSScheduledJob
Cmdlet        Disable-JobTrigger         PSScheduledJob
Cmdlet        Disable-ScheduledJob       PSScheduledJob
Cmdlet Enable-JobTrigger PSScheduledJob ...