Windows PowerShell

Further PowerShell scripts to manage Windows Services

Following on from the previous post I published on remotely managing Windows Services with PowerShell I thought it would be useful to add some extra scripts that you can use to work with Windows Services.

GET DETAILS FOR A WINDOWS SERVICE
Get-Service -Name [INSERT_SERVICE_NAME]  -ComputerName [INSERT_COMPUTER_NAME]  | Format-Table –AutoSize

Example:

Get-Service -Name Jonathan.Welch.Test.Service  -ComputerName jon-app-01 | Format-Table –AutoSize
GET DETAILS FOR WINDOWS SERVICE THAT MATCH SUPPLIED NAME CRITERIA
Get-Service -Name [INSERT_PART_OF_SERVICE_NAME]*  -ComputerName [INSERT_COMPUTER_NAME]  | Format-Table –AutoSize

Example:
This script will find all services that start with Jonathan.Welch

Get-Service -Name Jonathan.Welch*  -ComputerName jon-app-01 | Format-Table –AutoSize
GET DETAILS FOR A WINDOWS SERVICE ON MULTIPLE SERVERS
$computers = @("[INSERT_COMPUTER_NAME_1]", "[INSERT_COMPUTER_NAME_2]")
Get-Service -Name [INSERT_SERVICE_NAME]  -ComputerName $computers | Select MachineName, Name, Status | Sort MachineName, Name | Format-Table –AutoSize

Example:

$computers = @("jon-app-01", "jon-app-02")
Get-Service -Name Jonathan.Welch.Test.Service  -ComputerName $computers | Select MachineName, Name, Status | Sort MachineName, Name | Format-Table –AutoSize
WRITE A COMMENT TO CONSOLE
#Hello World!

Install a Windows Service with PowerShell

Here is a snippet of code that you can use to install a Windows Service using PowerShell:

new-service -Name [INSERT SERVICE NAME] -DisplayName "[INSERT DISPLAY NAME]" -Description "[INSERT DESCRIPTION]" -BinaryPathName "[INSERT BINARY PATH]" -StartupType Manual -Credential [INSERT CREDENTIALS]

Here is an example for a pretend service:

new-service -Name Jonathan.Welch.Test.Service -DisplayName "Jonathan Welch Test Service" -Description "Test Service that does some stuff" -BinaryPathName "C:\Jon\Jonathan.Welch.Test.Service.exe" -StartupType Manual -Credential JonDomain\Jon.Welch

To install a service with startup type Automatic just change -StartupType Manual to be -StartupType Automatic as shown below:

new-service -Name Jonathan.Welch.Test.Service -DisplayName "Jonathan Welch Test Service" -Description "Test Service that does some stuff" -BinaryPathName "C:\Jon\Jonathan.Welch.Test.Service.exe" -StartupType Automatic -Credential JonDomain\Jon.Welch