Isolating Sitecore Scheduled Tasks to Specific Environments

As a complement to my post on database refreshes, I've written a PowerShell script chunk that can be used to isolate Sitecore scheduled tasks to specific environments (assuming that your scheduled task is performed using Sitecore PowerShell Extensions).

This is useful for preventing production-only scheduled tasks from running in downstream environments after a refresh. It saves you the step of having to make manual changes.

$environmentName = [System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager]::AppSettings["env:define"]
$serverRole = [System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager]::AppSettings["role:define"]

Write-Host "Environment: $environment"
Write-Host "Server Role: $serverRole"

$productionEnvironmentName = "Production"

# Note about the '.Contains()'. You must use that syntax because '-contains' doesn't work
if(-not $environmentName -eq $productionEnvironmentName 
   -or -not $serverRole.Contains("ContentManagement")){
    Write-Host "This should only run on PROD CM. Exiting."
    exit;
}

# Your other code...

In discussions with Michael West, he suggested that this can also be accomplished using the rules engine in Sitecore. There aren't any OOB rules that check the Sitecore configuration, but it would be ideal to compare those values before executing any scripts. That way, we don't need to add the code snippet above to every script.

Stay in your lane,

-MG