Get-Service
Gets the services on a local or remote computer.
Syntax
Get-Service
[[-Name] <String[]>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-DependentServices]
[-RequiredServices]
[-Include <String[]>]
[-Exclude <String[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]Get-Service
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-DependentServices]
[-RequiredServices]
-DisplayName <String[]>
[-Include <String[]>]
[-Exclude <String[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]Get-Service
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-DependentServices]
[-RequiredServices]
[-Include <String[]>]
[-Exclude <String[]>]
[-InputObject <ServiceController[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]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. By default, when Get-Service is run without
parameters, all the local computer's services are returned.
You can direct this cmdlet to get only particular services by specifying the service name or the display name of the services, or you can pipe service objects to this cmdlet.
Examples
Example 1: Get all services on the computer
This example 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.
Get-ServiceExample 2: Get services that begin with a search string
This example retrieves services with service names that begin with WMI (Windows Management
Instrumentation).
Get-Service "wmi*"Example 3: Display services that include a search string
This example displays services with a display name that includes the word network. Searching the
display name finds network-related services even when the service name doesn't include Net, such as
xmlprov, the Network Provisioning Service.
Get-Service -Displayname "*network*"Example 4: Get services that begin with a search string and an exclusion
This example only gets the services with service names that begin with win, except for the WinRM
service.
Get-Service -Name "win*" -Exclude "WinRM"Example 5: Display services that are currently active
This example displays only the services with a status of Running.
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}Get-Service gets all the services on the computer and sends the objects down the pipeline. The
Where-Object cmdlet, selects only the services with a Status property that equals Running.
Status is only one property of service objects. To see all of the properties, type
Get-Service | Get-Member.
Example 6: Get the services on a remote computer
Get-Service -ComputerName "Server02"This command gets the services on the Server02 remote computer.
Because the ComputerName parameter of Get-Service does not use Windows PowerShell remoting,
you can use this parameter even if the computer is not configured for remoting in Windows
PowerShell.
Example 7: List the services on the local computer that have dependent services
This example gets services that have dependent services.
Get-Service |
Where-Object {$_.DependentServices} |
Format-List -Property Name, DependentServices, @{
Label="NoOfDependentServices"; Expression={$_.dependentservices.count}
}
Name : AudioEndpointBuilder
DependentServices : {AudioSrv}
NoOfDependentServices : 1
Name : Dhcp
DependentServices : {WinHttpAutoProxySvc}
NoOfDependentServices : 1
...The Get-Service cmdlet gets all the services on the computer and sends the objects down the
pipeline. The Where-Object cmdlet selects the services whose DependentServices property isn't
null.
The results are sent down the pipeline to the Format-List cmdlet. The Property parameter
displays the name of the service, the name of the dependent services, and a calculated property that
displays the number of dependent services for each service.
Example 8: Sort services by property value
This example 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. For more information, see
ServiceControllerStatus.
To list running services first, use the Descending parameter of the Sort-Object cmdlet.
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 LogonExample 9: Get services on multiple computers
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
This example gets the services that the WinRM service requires. The value of the service's ServicesDependedOn property is returned.
Get-Service "WinRM" -RequiredServicesExample 11: Get a service through the pipeline operator
This example gets the WinRM service on the local computer. The service name string, enclosed in
quotation marks, is sent down the pipeline to Get-Service.
"WinRM" | Get-ServiceParameters
-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.
| Type: | String[] |
| Aliases: | Cn |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DependentServices
Indicates that this cmdlet gets only the services that depend upon the specified service.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | DS |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | 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.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | True |
-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.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | True |
-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.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | True |
-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 pipe a service object to this cmdlet.
| Type: | ServiceController[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Specifies the service names of services to be retrieved. Wildcards are permitted.
| Type: | String[] |
| Aliases: | ServiceName |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | True |
-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.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | SDO, ServicesDependedOn |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | True |
Inputs
You can pipe a service object to this cmdlet.
You can pipe a service name to this cmdlet.
Outputs
This cmdlet returns objects that represent the services on the computer.
Notes
Windows PowerShell includes the following aliases for Get-Service:
gsv
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.
Note
Typically, Get-Service returns information about services and not driver. However, if you
specify the name of a driver, Get-Service returns information about the driver.
- Enumeration doesn't include device driver services
- When a wildcard is specified, the cmdlet only returns Windows services
- If you specify the Name or DisplayName that is an exact match to a device service name, then the device instance is returned
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. For
more information, see
ServiceControllerStatus.
