Create a scheduled task for Exchange Server 2013

Description

This script adds a new scheduled task for an Exchange Server 2013 environment in a new task scheduler group, “Exchange“.

When providing a username and password, the scheduled task will be configured to “Run whether user is logged on or not“.

When a username and password are provided, the Register-ScheduledTask cmdlet verifies the login credentials and will fail, if the credentials provided (username/password) are not valid.

Note: The cmdlet Register-ScheduledTask consumes the user password in clear text.

Examples

# EXAMPLE 
# Create a new scheduled task using a dedicated service account

.\New-ScheduledExchangeTask.ps1 -TaskName "My Task" -ScriptName TaskScript1.ps1 -ScriptPath D:\Automation -TaskUser DOMAINServiceAccount -Password P@ssw0rd

# EXAMPLE
# Create a simple scheduled task
.\New-ScheduledExchangeTask.ps1 -TaskName "My Task" -ScriptName TaskScript1.ps1 -ScriptPath D:\Automation 

Version History

• 1.0, Initial community release

Links

• Download and follow at Github: https://github.com/Apoc70/New-ScheduledExchangeTask

Additional Credits

• Thanks to Michel de Rooij (https://eightwone.com/) for some PowerShell inspiration
• Thanks to Ed Wilson (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/) for some more PowerShell inspiration

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