Powershell command timeout

Question

I am trying to execute a function or a scriptblock in powershell and set a timeout for the execution.

Basically I have the following (translated into pseudocode):

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Answer 1

I think you might want to investigate using Powershell runspaces:

http://learn-powershell.net/2012/05/13/using-background-runspaces-instead-of-psjobs-for-better-performance/