Pick Jeff's Brain - February 2022

Here’s my monthly brain dump, including items from subscribers like you. If you have a question, problem, or topic you’d like me to cover, you can use the behind@jdhitsolutions.com email address. Let’s get started.

Scripting with Start-Job

The first topic comes from a reader asking about Start-Job. I don’t have a lot of details, but from what I can gather in his email, he has written a PowerShell function that integrates commands from his custom modules. He wants to run all of this in a background job, but it isn’t working. I don’t know if he is getting errors or not the results he expected. But, I can think of several potential obstacles when scripting with Start-Job.