Query on Task Scheduler

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Query on Task Scheduler

Rising Flight 5,216

Hi All

i have an Azure VM which is running on Windows Server 2012R2. Under Task Scheduler it has many folders and every folder has tasks i.e many PowerShell scripts are running. Many are scheduled and running daily. few are disabled. I want to export all the tasks which are scheduled and running also when was it last ran. How do i export this information. I want to upgrade this VM to Windows Server 2019 and after upgrade i can validate these scheduled scripts are running fine or not. Almost i have 100 tasks and i dont know which are running. it is hard to go to each folder and check Experts guide me.

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MotoX80 36,291

This script will export the data to a csv. Just add in any more fields that you want to save.

$data = @()
foreach ( $task in (Get-ScheduledTask)) { 
    $taskinfo = Get-ScheduledTaskInfo $task
    $data += [PSCustomObject]@{
        Name = $task.TaskName
        Path = $task.TaskPath
        Enabled = $task.Settings.Enabled
        LastRun = $taskinfo.LastRunTime
        NextRun = $taskinfo.NextRunTime
    }
}
$data | Export-Csv c:\temp\tasks.csv -NoTypeInformation

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Rising Flight 5,216

How to know last run job was successful or not.

Rich Matheisen 47,901 Reputation points

2023-09-11T15:17:39.7166667+00:00

You'd have to enable the task history (it's disabled by default).

https://technicalmates.com/how-to-enable-task-scheduler-history-on-windows-11/

Once that's done you'll have to get the information from the event log: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58012201/get-scheduled-task-to-see-history-for-more-than-last-run

MotoX80 36,291

Analyze the $task and $Taskinfo variables and pull off the fields that you want.

$data = @()
foreach ( $task in (Get-ScheduledTask)) { 
    $taskinfo = Get-ScheduledTaskInfo $task
    $data += [PSCustomObject]@{
        Name = $task.taskname
        Path = $task.TaskPath
        Enabled = $task.Settings.Enabled
        LastRun = $taskinfo.LastRunTime
        NextRun = $taskinfo.NextRunTime
        LastTaskResult = $taskinfo.LastTaskResult
    }
}
$data | Export-Csv c:\temp\tasks.csv -NoTypeInformation

Run the script in Powershell_ISE. That will populate those 2 variables with the data from the last task that you can then review.

$task | format-list -property *
$taskinfo | format-list -property *

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