Is it possible to call powershell cmdlets asynchronously?
If you're on PowerShell 2, you can use background jobs.
From the help:
about_Jobs
When you start a background job, the command prompt returns immediately, even if the job takes an extended time to complete. You can continue to work in the session without interruption while the job runs.
So you can use
Start-Job -ScriptBlock { cmdlet1 }Start-Job -ScriptBlock { cmdlet2 }However, you need to have PowerShell configured for remoting, even when running a job locally.
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