How to deploy OMS Log Analytics Agent and Dependency Agent to thousands of computers using PowerShell Workflow in parallel

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workflow installOMS{ #fill in the computers.txt in temp folder as one computer per line with no delimeters $computers = inlinescript { $BaselineFile = "$env:temp\computers.txt" $lines = (Get-Content $BaselineFile) $computers = foreach ($line in $lines) { $line.Trim()} return $computers } parallel { inlinescript { try { $OPSINSIGHTS_WS_ID = "??????" $OPSINSIGHTS_WS_KEY = "?????" $arg1 = '/C:"setup.exe /qn ADD_OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE=1 '+ "OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE_ID=$OPSINSIGHTS_WS_ID " + "OPINSIGHTS_WORKSPACE_KEY=$OPSINSIGHTS_WS_KEY " +'AcceptEndUserLicenseAgreement=1"' write-output $env:computername $myoutfile1 = "$env:temp\MMASetup-AMD64.exe" Invoke-WebRequest "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=828603" -OutFile $myoutfile1 Start-Process -FilePath $myoutfile1 -ArgumentList $arg1 -Wait $arg2 = "/S" $myoutfile2 = "$env:temp\InstallDependencyAgent-Windows.exe" Invoke-WebRequest "https://aka.ms/dependencyagentwindows" -OutFile $myoutfile2 Start-Process -FilePath $myoutfile2 -ArgumentList $arg2 -Wait } catch { Write-Error -Message $_.Exception throw $_.Exception } } -PSComputerName $computers } }