as job

Author: sergey-shandar

experiments/Compute.Experiments/AzureRM.Compute.Experiments.Tests.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Import-Module AzureRM.Profile -MinimumVersion 3.3.2
-Import-Module AzureRM.Resources -MinimumVersion 4.3.2
-Import-Module AzureRM.Network -MinimumVersion 4.3.2
-Import-Module AzureRM.Compute -MinimumVersion 3.3.2
+# Import-Module AzureRM.Profile -MinimumVersion 3.3.2
+# Import-Module AzureRM.Resources -MinimumVersion 4.3.2
+# Import-Module AzureRM.Network -MinimumVersion 4.3.2
+# Import-Module AzureRM.Compute -MinimumVersion 3.3.2
 Import-Module .\..\..\experiments\Compute.Experiments\AzureRM.Compute.Experiments.psd1
 
 # Login
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ $vmCredential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($vmCompute
 
 New-AzVm -Name MyVM -Credential $vmCredential -WhatIf
 
+$job = New-AzVm -Name MyVMA -Credential $vmCredential -AsJob
+
+$vm = Receive-Job $job
+
+$vm
+
+exit
+
 # $vm = New-AzVm
 # $vm = New-AzVm -Credential $vmCredential
 $vm = New-AzVm -Name MyVMA -Credential $vmCredential

experiments/Compute.Experiments/AzureRM.Compute.Experiments.psm1

@@ -68,11 +68,26 @@ function New-AzVm {
         $createParams = [CreateParams]::new($Name, $locationi.Value, $Name);
 
         if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($Name, "Creating a virtual machine")) {
-            return New-AzVmInternal -ResourceGroup $rgi -VirtualMachine $vmi -CreateParams $createParams -ErrorAction Stop;
+            if ($AsJob) {
+                $script = {
+                    param($rgi, $vmi, $createParams)
+                    New-AzVmInternal `
+                        -ResourceGroup $rgi `
+                        -VirtualMachine $vmi `
+                        -CreateParams $createParams `
+                        -ErrorAction Stop
+                }
+                return Start-Job -ScriptBlock $script -ArgumentList @($rgi, $vmi, $createParams)
+            } else {
+                return New-AzVmInternal `
+                    -ResourceGroup $rgi `
+                    -VirtualMachine $vmi `
+                    -CreateParams $createParams `
+                    -ErrorAction Stop
+            }
         }
     }
 }
-
 function New-AzVmInternal {
     param (
         [ResourceGroup] $ResourceGroup,