Public/Tasks/Add-TaskDaily.ps1
function Add-TaskDaily { <# .SYNOPSIS Create Scheduled Tasks that run daily .DESCRIPTION Create Scheduled Tasks that run daily .PARAMETER TaskName Name of the Scheduled Task to create .PARAMETER User User name would under which the Scheduled Task will run Either Domain\User or ComputerName\User .PARAMETER DaysInterval Denotes how often to run the task. 3 would indicate once every 3 days. .PARAMETER At Start "At" this time. For example 4am or 5pm .PARAMETER Disabled If used, Task will be created as "Disabled". Otherwise Task will be Enabled by default .PARAMETER Executable Which executable this Scheduled Task will execute .PARAMETER Argument The arguments to pass to the executable .EXAMPLE Add-TaskDaily -TaskName "SetLitigationHold_Nighly" -User "Server01\kevin" -Executable "PowerShell.exe" -Argument '-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Command "Set-LitigationHold"' -DaysInterval 1 -At 1am .NOTES General notes #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $TaskName, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $User, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [int] $DaysInterval, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [datetime] $At, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [switch] $Disabled, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $Executable, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $Argument ) $SchedTaskCred = Get-Credential $User -Message "Scheduled Task Service Account Credentials" $SchedTaskCredUser = $SchedTaskCred.UserName $SchedTaskCredPwd = $SchedTaskCred.GetNetworkCredential().Password $ActionSplat = @{ Execute = $Executable Argument = $Argument } $TriggerSplat = @{ Daily = $true At = $At DaysInterval = $DaysInterval } $SettingsSplat = @{ StartWhenAvailable = $true DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries = $true AllowStartIfOnBatteries = $true } if ($Disabled) { $SettingsSplat.Add("Disable", $true) } $Action = New-ScheduledTaskAction @ActionSplat $Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger @TriggerSplat $Settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet @SettingsSplat $TaskSplat = @{ Action = $Action Trigger = $Trigger Settings = $Settings } $Task = New-ScheduledTask @TaskSplat $RegisterSplat = @{ TaskName = $TaskName InputObject = $Task User = $SchedTaskCredUser Password = $SchedTaskCredPwd } Register-ScheduledTask @RegisterSplat } |