Simple Toast Notification for Windows

New-ToastNotification.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
  Creates and displays a Windows Toast notification

.DESCRIPTION
  Creates a Windows Toast notification and displays it to the user.

.PARAMETER ToastTitle
  The title of the Toast notification

.PARAMETER ToastText
  The text of the Toast notification

.EXAMPLE
  New-ToastNotification "Hello World" "This is a Toast notification"

  Creates and displays a Toast notification with the title "Hello World" and the text "This is a Toast notification"

.NOTES
  The function requires Windows 10 build 10586 (Anniversary Update) or higher
#>
function New-ToastNotification {
  [CmdletBinding()]
  Param (
    [String]
    $ToastTitle,
    [String]
    [parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
    $ToastText
  )

  [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] > $null
  $Template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::GetTemplateContent([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastText02)

  $RawXml = [xml] $Template.GetXml()
  ($RawXml.toast.visual.binding.text | Where-Object { $_.id -eq "1" }).AppendChild($RawXml.CreateTextNode($ToastTitle)) > $null
  ($RawXml.toast.visual.binding.text | Where-Object { $_.id -eq "2" }).AppendChild($RawXml.CreateTextNode($ToastText)) > $null

  $SerializedXml = New-Object Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument
  $SerializedXml.LoadXml($RawXml.OuterXml)

  $Toast = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::new($SerializedXml)
  $Toast.Tag = "PowerShell"
  $Toast.Group = "PowerShell"
  $Toast.ExpirationTime = [DateTimeOffset]::Now.AddMinutes(1)

  $Notifier = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier("PowerShell")
  $Notifier.Show($Toast);
}