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machineslave
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Sep 18, 2019

Powershell script via task scheduler not work as expected

Hi,   I have a script that connects to Office 365, reads a directory where .jpg files are stored (firstname.lastname@mydomain.com) and uploads each picture to the users profile. Either if the uplo...
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machineslave
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Sep 18, 2019

Kevin_Morgan 

The strange thing with send-message is that if an error occurs, the send-message within the catch path works fine without using the -credential parameter.

For the Start-Transcript and out-file I use an UNC path (just shortened it in the provided code).

E.g.

Start-Transcript -Path "\\edc-derant202\EmployeePic\Scripts\transcript.txt" -Append

$date2 + " - Uploaded picture for " + $mailaddress | Out-File \\edc-derant202\EmployeePic\Scripts\log.txt -append

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Kevin_Morgan
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Sep 18, 2019

machineslave 

 

Seems you have missed the parameter -Body in your inner query. Just provide some content for -Body parameter.

Send-MailMessage -From "o365.service.eu@mydomain.com" -To stefan@mydomain.com -SmtpServer smtp.mydomain.com `
-Subject "Added picture for $mailAddress" -Body "Added picture"

For the Start-Transcript, ensure that the schedule task account has valid permission (write) in the UNC path.

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    machineslave
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    Sep 18, 2019

    Kevin_Morgan 

    Thanks a lot.

    Just added the -Body parameter and also verified / resolved the permissions of the UNC path.

    Now it works properly.

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