That means that if you intend to execute PowerShell scripts/commands from SQL Agent Job steps, the service account that the SQL Server Agent is running as must have appropriate permissions.

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That means that if you intend to execute PowerShell scripts/commands from SQL Agent Job steps, the service account that the SQL Server Agent is running as must have appropriate permissions.