Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Task Scheduler

One of the greatly expanded features of Windows Server 2012 is the Task Scheduler. In earlier versions of Windows, this was an anemic service with limited options and auditing features. The Task Scheduler features in Windows Server 2012 have been expanded into a more sophisticated tool. The scheduler can start based on a variety of triggers, can take a number of predefined actions, and can even be mitigated by conditions and the settings.

Appropriately, there are expanded elements to the Task Scheduler, as follows:

• Triggers—Tasks run when the trigger criteria are met. This could be a scheduled time, logon, startup, idle, log event, user session connect or disconnect, or workstation lock or unlock. These various triggers give ...