Multi-threaded SharePoint Timer (AKA Config) Cache reset script

First published on MSDN on Oct 31, 2017
If you've been an SP admin for any amount of time, you probably have had to flush your timer cache at least once. If you've done it enough, you probably have a script for it. Some of the older and more popular scripts don't play nice with SharePoint 2016 due to the introduction of MinRole, or are just slow for big environments.

• KB to flush cache - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/939308/error-message-when-you-try-to-modify-or-to-delete-an-alternate-access

• James Waymire blog post - https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jamesway/2011/05/23/sharepoint-2010-clearing-the-configuration-cache/

• SPCacheCleaner on CodePlex - http://spcachecleaner.codeplex.com/

Fortunately, a PFE colleague of mine, Joe Rodgers, has a new version that plays nice with SharePoint 2016, and is multi-threaded. You can find it at the link below.

• https://gist.github.com/joerodgers/18c4d9c9f642cf6bcf4e5db2dcae20dc

You can also find a library of all of Joe's scripts at the link below. There's a single threaded version, as well as a bunch of other handy stuff.

• https://gist.github.com/joerodgers/

Happy scripting!