Quick PowerShell Jobs Demo

jobdemo.ps1

# functions.ps1 contains functions like Get-Services, Get-Process, 
# Get-CustomFunction1, Get-CustomFunction2, etc. that execute 
# locally on the remote computer. Output is ex

function Get-CustomFunction { 
    sleep 2
    write-output $true
}

$GetProcess = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Get-Process }
$GetCustomFunction = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Get-CustomFunction }
$GetService = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Get-Service } 

wait-job -Job $GetProcess, $GetCustomFunction, $GetService

$ProcessResults = Receive-Job -Keep -Job $GetProcess
$CustomFunctionResults = Receive-Job -Keep -Job $GetCustomFunction 
$ServiceResults = $GetService | receive-job -Keep -Job $GetService

remove-job -Job $GetProcess, $GetCustomFunction, $GetService

# Here you could create custom objects for output, etc... 
# Or just output to xml / csv
$ProcessResults | Export-Clixml c:\temp\ExportedProcesses.xml