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Run Background Jobs in Windows PowerShell
Part of Getting Started with PowerShell Topic: General Cyber Security
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StationX Infrastructure Labs — 3 attempts per lab
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What you'll do
In this lab, you will perform automated maintenance on a large number of servers.
- You need to run long-running Windows PowerShell commands in the background
- Use Windows PowerShell to create background jobs, and then manage jobs
- Retrieve the content of a job and clear the job data
- Retrieve the content of a job and preserve the job data in memory
- Store the content of a job in a variable for future use
Note: Once you begin the lab, you will not be able to pause, save, or return to your lab. Please ensure that you have set aside enough time to complete the lab before you start.
- ⏱ About 45 minutes
Roadmaps that use this lab
- Threat Hunter — career path — step 7: Script the hunt
