Did you get this "AuthorizationManager check failed" error working with SQL Jobs and PowerShell?

Taking of PowerShell, while working on implementing SQL Jobs which execute PowerShell scripts, unexpectedly, they may begin failing without any apparent reason. So, we get this error:

AuthorizationManager check failed At line:1 char:2  + & <<<<  ‘S:myfolderscript.ps1’      + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], PSSecurityException      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException.  Process Exit Code 1.  The step failed.

What we should do is to check PowerShell so as to make sure the ExecutionPolicy is not set to “Restricted” by executing the following command:

Get-ExecutionPolicy

If it is then set it to “RemoteSigned” or “Unrestricted” depending on your security policy.

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Not only do we have to make sure that Windows Management Instrumentation service (WMI) service is enabled and running, but also we have to restart it. Only after successfully doing that will your job and script run again with no error. I do believe that this would work without a shadow of a doubt for the vast majority of cases. I hope you find this post useful. Thanks for reading.