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Powershell, get status from multiple services and computers.
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#Services are declared here, but you can of course load them from something like a CSV file.
$Servicelist = @("WinRM", "Winmgmt", "DHCP")
#Computers are declared here, but you can of course load them from something like a CSV file.
$Computerlist = @("LocalHost", "Server1","Server2","Server3")
#HashTable, wil store the services with running status for each server,
$ServiceStatus = @{}
#Computer loop
Foreach ($Computer in $Computerlist)
{
#Retrieve al services from computer and extract specified services.
$ServicesFound = Get-Service -ComputerName $Computer | Where-Object {$Servicelist -contains $_.Name} | Select Name, Status
#Loop trough the found services.
Foreach ($Service in $ServicesFound)
{
#If service is not yet declared in the hashtable, then do so and add the computer status.
If(!($ServiceStatus["$($Service.Name)"])) {
$ServiceStatus["$($Service.Name)"] = $Service | Select @{N='Service'; E={$($_.Name)}}, @{N="$Computer"; E={$_.Status}}
}
#If service is already declared in the hashtable, then only add the current computer status to it.
else {
$ServiceStatus["$($Service.Name)"] = $ServiceStatus["$($Service.Name)"] | Select *, @{N="$Computer"; E={$Service.Status}}
}
}
}
# Option A Export as HTML
$ServiceStatus.Values | ConvertTo-Html -Fragment
# Option B Export as Objects
$ServiceStatus.Values
# Option C Show GridView
$ServiceStatus.Values | Out-GridView
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You can also use $ServiceStatus.Values | Out-GridView

out-gridview

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KanyETL commented Feb 27, 2024

Hello, I have tried your code, but there is some issue , for example if for local host service WinRM is Stopped its showing for all services that is stopped.

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Hello, I have tried your code, but there is some issue , for example if for local host service WinRM is Stopped its showing for all services that is stopped.

Hi, if you look at line 17 you see that the part <#-ComputerName $Computer#> is a comment, if you replace this with -ComputerName $Computer then it should work, i had this added for testing purposes i will update the gist, thank you for noticing.

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KanyETL commented Mar 1, 2024

Thank you, now its work.

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