This post kind of crosses different topics, but its quite general in nature...

 

Using Windows Server 2008 I'm trying to schedule a batch file to run which will launch the Microsoft Exchange console and run the specific powershell script I have.  More information from Microsoft about how to do that can be found here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123798(EXCHG.80).aspx

 

What I'm having trouble with is scheduling a job to be run as a specific user (who has the necessary rights) when they're not logged onto the server.  By the way, this supposedly is the same task scheduler as in Vista too.

I know this is more of a Windows specific question, but if anyone knows the proper way to accomplish this, it'll certainly be helpful to this community too to schedule and run their Powershell scripts.

 

Thanks,

 

P.S. - I know that SCOM is supposed to be able to handle scheduling and running of powershell scripts, but it doesn't appear to be "ready for prime time" yet as far as Exchange is concerned.

Any reason you are wanting to use a .bat launcher? First recommendation would be to do it 100% in posh.

Aside from that, I haven't played with the new scheduler much. Hopefully someone else has who can comment.

Im with hal... just use
Powershell.exe -noprofile -command [script removed]

btw... you can just add the Exchange Snapins to any powershell session

The easiest wasy is to add them using add-pssnapin

 

Make sure that you check "Run whether user is logged on or not" and "Run with highest Privileges", The latter is only needed if you’re doing something that would normally require right click -> Run as Administrator. 

I'm not positive I know what your problem is/was... So I threw together a quick screencast highlighting how to do it.

http://get-admin.com/blog/?p=4

Minus the actual script I use. that's how I'm currently backing up my Exchange Servers.

~Glenn Sizemore