Manage Windows services on a VPS

Control Windows services (IIS, OpenSSH, updates) on your Windows VPS.

📋 Prerequisites

• Administrator RDP or PowerShell session
• Service name (e.g. W3SVC, sshd)

List services

PowerShell
Get-Service | Sort-Object Status, Name | Format-Table -AutoSize

Control a service

PowerShell
Stop-Service -Name W3SVC -Force
Start-Service -Name W3SVC
Restart-Service -Name W3SVC

Set automatic startup

PowerShell
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType Automatic
Get-Service sshd

Check recent system errors

PowerShell
Get-EventLog -LogName System -Newest 20 | Where-Object { $_.EntryType -eq 'Error' }

Solid administration! 🚀