By default, the -Parallel parameter in PowerShell's ForEach-Object cmdlet sets the maximum number of parallel jobs to the number of available logical processors. You can try increasing this value to allow for more concurrent downloads. For example, you can set it to a specific number like -Parallel 10 to have up to 10 parallel downloads at a time. Be cautious not to set it too high, as it may overwhelm the system.

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The magic of -Parallel happens on the client machine, your laptop. Making your client machine trigger 10 parallel requests (e.g. 10 times 'Print a 1000 page PDF') will not make the server go faster in handling 10 requests (of 'Print a 1000 page PDF'). Just trying to be clear that doing 10 simple requests in parallel on the client goes fast... but the actual execution is on the server which has other limitations.

The magic of -Parallel happens on the client machine, your laptop. Making your client machine trigger 10 parallel requests (e.g. 10 times 'Print a 1000 page PDF') will not make the server go faster in handling 10 requests (of 'Print a 1000 page PDF'). Just trying to be clear that doing 10 simple requests in parallel on the client goes fast... but the actual execution is on the server which has other limitations.