Playing with BITS

Get-BITSDownload.ps1

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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Quickly download a file using BITS.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    BITS can be used to speed up transfers, used as an alternative to Invoke-WebRequest, 
+    or used to provide resiliency when a download is interrupted.
+#>
+
+function Get-BITSDownload {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+
+    )
+
+    $url = "http://files.net/test/file1.test"
+    $output = "$PSScriptRoot\file1.test"
+    $start_time = Get-Date
+
+    Import-Module BitsTransfer
+
+    Start-BitsTransfer -Source $url -Destination $output
+    # OR
+    Start-BitsTransfer -Source $url -Destination $output -Asynchronous
+
+    Write-Output "Time taken: $((Get-Date).Subtract($start_time).Seconds) second(s)"
+}