Windows PowerShell command on Get-command Get-Service

NAME

Get-Service

SYNOPSIS

Gets the services on a local or remote computer.

SYNTAX

Get-Service [-ComputerName ] [-DependentServices] -DisplayName [-Exclude ]

[-Include ] [-RequiredServices] []

Get-Service [-ComputerName ] [-DependentServices] [-Exclude ] [-Include ]

[-InputObject ] [-RequiredServices] []

Get-Service [[-Name] ] [-ComputerName ] [-DependentServices] [-Exclude ] [-Include

] [-RequiredServices] []

DESCRIPTION

The Get-Service cmdlet gets objects that represent the services on a local computer or on a remote computer,

including running and stopped services. You can direct this cmdlet to get only particular services by specifying the service name or display name of the services, or you can pipe service objects to this cmdlet.

PARAMETERS

-ComputerName

Gets the services running on the specified computers. The default is the local computer. Type the NetBIOS name, an IP address, or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a remote computer. To specify the local computer, type the computer name, a dot (.), or localhost.

This parameter does not rely on Windows PowerShell remoting. You can use the ComputerName parameter of

Get-Service even if your computer is not configured to run remote commands.

Required? false Position? named Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false

-DependentServices []

Indicates that this cmdlet gets only the services that depend upon the specified service. By default, this cmdlet gets all services. Required? false Position? named Default value False Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false

-DisplayName

Specifies, as a string array, the display names of services to be retrieved. Wildcards are permitted. By default, this cmdlet gets all services on the computer. Required? true Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false

-Exclude

Specifies, as a string array, a service or services that this cmdlet excludes from the operation. The value of

this parameter qualifies the Name parameter. Enter a name element or pattern, such as "s*". Wildcards are

permitted. Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false

-Include

Specifies, as a string array, a service or services that this cmdlet includes in the operation. The value of

this parameter qualifies the Name parameter. Enter a name element or pattern, such as "s*". Wildcards are

permitted. Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false

-InputObject

Specifies ServiceController objects representing the services to be retrieved. Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects. You can also pipe a service object to this cmdlet. Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue) Accept wildcard characters? false

-Name

Specifies the service names of services to be retrieved. Wildcards are permitted. By default, this cmdlet gets all of the services on the computer. Required? false Position? 0 Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false

-RequiredServices []

Indicates that this cmdlet gets only the services that this service requires. This parameter gets the value of the ServicesDependedOn property of the service. By default, this cmdlet gets all services. Required? false Position? named Default value False Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController, System.String You can pipe a service object or a service name to this cmdlet.

OUTPUTS

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController This cmdlet returns objects that represent the services on the computer.

NOTES

You can also refer to Get-Service * by its built-in alias, "gsv". For more information, see about_Aliases.

This cmdlet can display services only when the current user has permission to see them. If this cmdlet does not display services, you might not have permission to see them.

To find the service name and display name of each service on your system, type `Get-Service`. The service

names appear in the Name column, and the display names appear in the DisplayName column.

When you sort in ascending order by status value, "Stopped" services appear before "Running" services. The Status property of a service is an enumerated value in which the names of the statuses represent integer values. The sort is based on the integer value, not the name. "Running" appears before "Stopped" because "Stopped" has a value of "1", and "Running" has a value of "4".

Example 1: Get all services on the computer

PS C:\>Get-Service

This command gets all of the services on the computer. It behaves as though you typed `Get-Service *`. The default

display shows the status, service name, and display name of each service.

Example 2: Get services that begin with a search string

PS C:\>Get-Service "wmi*"

This command retrieves services with service names that begin with WMI (the acronym for Windows Management Instrumentation).

Example 3: Display services that include a search string

PS C:\>Get-Service -Displayname "network"

This command displays services with a display name that includes the word network. Searching the display name

finds network-related services even when the service name does not include "Net", such as xmlprov, the Network

Provisioning Service.

Example 4: Get services that begin with a search string and an exclusion

PS C:\>Get-Service -Name "win*" -Exclude "WinRM"

These commands get only the services with service names that begin with win, except for the WinRM service.

Example 5: Display services that are currently active

PS C:\>Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}

This command displays only the services that are currently active. It uses the Get-Service cmdlet to get all of

the services on the computer. The pipeline operator (|) passes the results to the Where-Object cmdlet, which

selects only the services with a Status property that equals Running.

Status is only one property of service objects. To see all of the properties, type `Get-Service | Get-Member`.

Example 6: Get the services on a remote computer

PS C:\>Get-Service -ComputerName "Server02"

This command gets the services on the Server02 remote computer.

Because the ComputerName parameter of Get-Service does not use Windows PowerShell remoting, you can use this

parameter even if the computer is not configured for remoting in Windows PowerShell.

Example 7: List the services on the local computer that have dependent services

PS C:\>Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DependentServices} | Format-List -Property Name, DependentServices,

@{Label="NoOfDependentServices"; Expression={$_.dependentservices.count}}

Name : AudioEndpointBuilder

DependentServices : {AudioSrv} NoOfDependentServices : 1

Name : Dhcp

DependentServices : {WinHttpAutoProxySvc} NoOfDependentServices : 1 ... This example lists the services on the computer that have dependent services.

The first command uses the Get-Service cmdlet to get the services on the computer. A pipeline operator (|) sends

the services to the Where-Object cmdlet, which selects the services whose DependentServices property is not null.

Another pipeline operator sends the results to the Format-List cmdlet. The command uses its Property parameter to

display the name of the service, the name of the dependent services, and a calculated property that displays the number of dependent services that each service has.

Example 8: Sort services by property value

PS C:\>Get-Service "s*" | Sort-Object status

Status Name DisplayName

------ ---- -----------

Stopped stisvc Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Stopped SwPrv MS Software Shadow Copy Provider Stopped SysmonLog Performance Logs and Alerts Running Spooler Print Spooler Running srservice System Restore Service Running SSDPSRV SSDP Discovery Service Running ShellHWDetection Shell Hardware Detection Running Schedule Task Scheduler Running SCardSvr Smart Card Running SamSs Security Accounts Manager Running SharedAccess Windows Firewall/Internet Connectio... Running SENS System Event Notification Running seclogon Secondary Logon

PS C:\>Get-Service "s*" | Sort-Object status -Descending

Status Name DisplayName

------ ---- -----------

Running ShellHWDetection Shell Hardware Detection Running SharedAccess Windows Firewall/Internet Connectio... Running Spooler Print Spooler Running SSDPSRV SSDP Discovery Service Running srservice System Restore Service Running SCardSvr Smart Card Running SamSs Security Accounts Manager Running Schedule Task Scheduler Running SENS System Event Notification Running seclogon Secondary Logon Stopped SysmonLog Performance Logs and Alerts Stopped SwPrv MS Software Shadow Copy Provider Stopped stisvc Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) This command shows that when you sort services in ascending order by the value of their Status property, stopped services appear before running services. This happens because the value of Status is an enumeration, in which Stopped has a value of 1, and Running has a value of 4.

To list running services first, use the Descending parameter of the Sort-Object cmdlet.

Example 9: Get services on multiple computers

PS C:\>Get-Service -Name "WinRM" -ComputerName "localhost", "Server01", "Server02" | Format-Table -Property

MachineName, Status, Name, DisplayName -auto

MachineName Status Name DisplayName

------------ ------ ---- -----------

localhost Running WinRM Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)

Server01 Running WinRM Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)

Server02 Running WinRM Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)

This command uses the Get-Service cmdlet to run a Get-Service Winrm command on two remote computers and the local

computer ("localhost"). The command runs on the remote computers, and the results are returned to the local computer. A pipeline operator

(|) sends the results to the Format-Table cmdlet, which formats the services as a table. The Format-Table command

uses the Property parameter to specify the properties displayed in the table, including the MachineName property.

Example 10: Get the dependent services of a service

PS C:\>Get-Service "WinRM" -RequiredServices

This command gets the services that the WinRM service requires. The command returns the value of the ServicesDependedOn property of the service.

Example 11: Get a service through the pipeline operator

PS C:\>"WinRM" | Get-Service

This command gets the WinRM service on the local computer. This example shows that you can pipe a service name