Intune - Remotely Power Off Computers

[Mudbar]

Hello,

 

I am looking to set a task scheduler to power off our school computer labs each evening.

 

I am trying to deploy a powershell script to a device group in intune but it fails. We have some AD domain computers which I deployed the same script via group policy and it worked.

 

Has anyone managed to get this working successfully?

 

Here is my script:

 

# The name of your scheduled task. $taskName = "Shutdown Computer" $User= "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" # Describe the scheduled task. $description = "Shuts computer down daily at 7:00PM" # Create a new task action $taskAction = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'powershell.exe' -Argument 'Stop-Computer -Force' #Create task trigger $taskTrigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 7PM # Register the new PowerShell scheduled task # Register the scheduled task Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -Action $taskAction -Trigger $taskTrigger -Description $description -User $User

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[Norphy]

IIRC PowerShell scripts in Intune are only run once, and even then they only run on bootup.

 

Have you checked the logs in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\IntuneManagementExtension\Logs folder? That should also tell you whether the script has run, or if it has errored.

[chazzy2501]

you can do this in GPP easily.

[Mudbar]

I can only seem to find the reboot computer option when looking at the intune policies.

[Mudbar]

I can't find anything specific in the logs. It works an admin user account but not a standard user.

[Roberto]

It works an admin user account but not a standard user.

 

That makes sense. Why would a standard user be able to schedule a task that affects the whole system?

[Mudbar]

True. Will try this method tomorrow. https://smbtothecloud.com/deploy-scheduled-tasks-with-a-win32app/