Command to display services whose name matching given string
PS C:> Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -match "citrix" } | ft Name, DisplayName
Name DisplayName
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CdfSvc Citrix Diagnostic Facility COM Server
CdmService Citrix Client Network
Citrix 64-bit Virtual Memory Optimization Citrix 64-bit Virtual Memory Optimization
Citrix Encryption Service Citrix Encryption Service
Citrix EUEM Citrix End User Experiencing Monitoring
Citrix Virtual Memory Optimization Citrix Virtual Memory Optimization
CitrixHealthMon Citrix Health Monitoring and Recovery
CitrixWMIService Citrix WMI Service
CitrixXTEServer Citrix XTE Server
cpsvc Citrix Print Manager Service
CTXCPUBal Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt/CPU Rebalancer
ctxcpuSched Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt/Resource Mgmt
IMAAdvanceSrv Citrix Services Manager
IMAService Citrix Independent Management Architecture
MFCom Citrix MFCOM Service
RadeSvc Citrix Streaming Service
xensvc Citrix Tools for Virtual Machines Service
PS C:>
Query multiple services status at once:
PS C:> Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -match "windows" -OR $_.DisplayName -match "SQL" } | ft Name, Display
Name, Status -auto
Name DisplayName Status
---- ----------- ------
AudioSrv Windows Audio Stopped
FontCache3.0.0.0 Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 Stopped
idsvc Windows CardSpace Stopped
MsDtsServer100 SQL Server Integration Services 10.0 Running
MSIServer Windows Installer Stopped
MSSQLFDLauncher SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (MSSQLSERVER) Running
MSSQLSERVER SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) Running
MSSQLServerADHelper100 SQL Active Directory Helper Service Stopped
MSSQLServerOLAPService SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER) Running
ReportServer SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER) Running
SharedAccess Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Running
SQLBrowser SQL Server Browser Running
SQLSERVERAGENT SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER) Running
SQLWriter SQL Server VSS Writer Running
stisvc Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Stopped
UMWdf Windows User Mode Driver Framework Stopped
W32Time Windows Time Running
winmgmt Windows Management Instrumentation Running
Wmi Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions Running
PS C:>
To query services based on their status:
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.status -eq “stopped”}
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.status -eq “running”}
Get-Service | Sort-Object status,displayname
Remotely manage services:
(gwmi -computername remotepc -class win32_service “Name=’alerter’”).stopservice()
(gwmi -computername remotepc -class win32_service “Name=’alerter’”).startservice()
Invoke-Command -ComputerName Server01 {Restart-Service Spooler} (Needs Remoting feature that comes with PSv2)
Display the services status in color:
PS C:> Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -match “windows” -OR $_.DisplayName -match “SQL” } | ForEach-Object { if ($_.status -eq “Running”) { write-host $_.name $_.DisplayName $_.Status -foreground Green} else { write-host $_.name $_.DisplayName $_.Status -foreground Red} }
