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Define a trigger: $trigger = New-JobTrigger -Daily -At '06:00AM'
Define the script block or file path: $options = New-ScheduledJobOption -RunElevated
Register the job: Register-ScheduledJob -Name 'DailyReport' -ScriptBlock { Get-EventLog -LogName System -Newest 50 | Export-Csv C:\Logs\events.csv } -Trigger $trigger -ScheduledJobOption $options
View registered scheduled jobs: Get-ScheduledJob
Retrieve past results: Get-Job -Name 'DailyReport' | Receive-Job -Keep; unregister when no longer needed: Unregister-ScheduledJob -Name 'DailyReport'

Known gotchas

Register-ScheduledJob is part of the PSScheduledJob module which ships with Windows PowerShell 5.1; it may not be available in all PowerShell 7 environments — verify with Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScheduledJob.
Scheduled jobs store their results in XML under $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ScheduledJobs; results accumulate and should be pruned or the MaxResultCount property set to limit disk usage.
Jobs registered without -Credential run under the Task Scheduler service account context of the registering user; ensure the account has the rights to access all resources the script needs.

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