Example build system task

gistfile1.ps1

# the task file (backup-database-task.ps1)
properties {
	$config = read-globalconfiguration($path)
	$source = $config.Environments[$sourceEnv]
	$dest = $config.Environments[$destEnv]
}

task default -depends exportDatabase

task exportDatabase {
	write-host "exporting from: " $source.SqlDatabaseName
	write-host "to: " $dest.StorageAccountName
}

task ? -Description "Helper to display task info" {
	Write-Host "Backs up a Sql Database to BlobStorage"
}

# calling the task
Invoke-psake .\backup-database-task.ps1 -parameters @{ "path"="..\global-configuration.xml"; "sourceEnv"="test"; "destEnv"="commit" }

# output
Executing exportDatabase
exporting from:  lemurtesting
to:  lemurcommit

Build Succeeded!

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Build Time Report
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Name           Duration        
----           --------        
exportDatabase 00:00:00.1435565
Total:         00:00:00.5048296