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Hi, everyone. My name is Liam Cleary, and

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welcome to my course, Working Smarter with

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PowerShell Background Jobs. I am the CEO

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and owner at SharePlicity, as well as a

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Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Certified

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Trainer. Most organizations utilize

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PowerShell scripts for managing systems

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and performing administrative tasks. Some

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of these can take long periods of time to

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complete or need to be ran across multiple

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servers in the estate. Instead of manually

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executing the commands on all the remote

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servers, you can simply push these tasks

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to background jobs, which will improve

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performance and management. In this

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course, we're going to walk through how to

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use and manage PowerShell background jobs.

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Some of the major topics we will cover

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include understanding how to multitask

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within PowerShell, creating and managing

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background jobs, creating and managing

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remote background jobs, and then

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troubleshooting and debugging the

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background jobs that you create. By the

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end of this course, you'll understand how

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to create and manage PowerShell background

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jobs and how they can help you to manage

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your server environment easier. You need

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previous PowerShell experience for this

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course, as well as a basic understanding

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of Windows servers and clients. From here,

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you should feel comfortable diving into

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overall PowerShell scripting and

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management with courses on Windows

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PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking,

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Automation with Windows PowerShell, and

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then Getting Started with PowerShell Core

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on Linux and macOS. I hope you'll join me

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on this journey to learn how to use

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PowerShell background jobs with the

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Working Smarter with PowerShell Background Jobs course, here at Pluralsight.