Run jobs in parallel using Powershell

parallel-jobs.ps1

$code = {
  param ($id)
  $start = Get-Date
  # your code here
  Start-Sleep 1
  $stop = Get-Date
  $total = ($stop - $start).TotalMilliSeconds
  "[$id] $total ms"
}

$jobs = @()

1..4 | % {
  $jobs += Start-Job $code -ArgumentList $_
}

$jobs | Wait-Job | Out-Null
$jobs | Receive-Job
$jobs | Remove-Job

# Output:
# [1] 1004.0012 ms
# [2] 1004.0012 ms
# [3] 1004.0012 ms
# [4] 1003.9979 ms