Mastering PowerCLI

Running and scheduling scripts

There are many ways in which you can run a PowerShell script. Most of the time the PowerShell console or ISE is used to run the scripts. There will be instances (and in the daily life of a system administrator, these instances occur frequently) when you would like to schedule the script so that it runs at a particular time on a daily basis or at one time. These processes are described as follows:

Let's see how we use the PowerShell console/ISE.

In the PowerShell console, you get only a command-line console, such as the CMD shell, and the ISE provides a more graphical interface with multiple views. As can be seen from the following screenshot, the PowerShell ISE provides three main views. On the left-hand side of the ...