Scheduling scripts to run at a later time

One of the most common tasks that Exchange administrators perform is scheduling scripts to run at a later time. This can be useful when performing maintenance after hours or running monitoring scripts on a regular basis. In this recipe, you'll learn how to schedule your PowerShell scripts to run with the Windows Task Scheduler. In PowerShell version 4, we got some powerful new cmdlets for managing the Windows Task Scheduler.

Open the Exchange Management Shell by clicking the Windows button and go to Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and choose Exchange Management Shell.

How to do it...

To create a scheduled task that runs from one of your Exchange servers perform the following steps:

1. Open the Task Scheduler by clicking the Windows button and on Windows Administrative Tools | Task Scheduler.
2. From the Task Scheduler Library | Action menu, click Create Basic Task.
3. Give your task a name and description, and click Next.
4. On the Trigger screen, select the how often...