# PowerShell

You can use PowerShell and Windows Task Scheduler to automate various tasks on a Windows system. From within a PowerShell script, it is also easy to ping SITE_NAME.

Here is a simple PowerShell script that pings SITE_NAME. When scheduled to run with Task Scheduler, it will essentially just send regular "I'm alive" messages. Of course, you can extend it to do more things.

    # inside a PowerShell script:
    Invoke-RestMethod PING_URL

Save the above to e.g., `C:\Scripts\healthchecks.ps1`. Then use the following command in a Scheduled Task to run the script:

    powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy bypass -File C:\Scripts\healthchecks.ps1

In simple cases, you can also pass the script to PowerShell directly, using the "-command" argument:

    # Without an underlying script, passing the command to PowerShell directly:
    powershell.exe -command &{Invoke-RestMethod PING_URL}