wdsutil stop-server

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Local, versions 23H2 and 22H2

Stops all services on a Windows Deployment Services server.

Syntax

wdsutil [Options] /Stop-Server [/Server:<Server name>]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
[/Server:<Server name>]	Specifies the name of the server. This can be either the NetBIOS name or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). If no server name is specified, the local server will be used.

Examples

To stop the services, type one of the following:

wdsutil /Stop-Server
wdsutil /verbose /Stop-Server /Server:MyWDSServer

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key
• wdsutil disable-server command
• wdsutil enable-server command
• wdsutil get-server command
• wdsutil initialize-server command
• wdsutil set-server command
• wdsutil start-server command
• wdsutil uninitialize-server command