Read Status of automatic services on a given host

PRTG-GetAutomaticServices.ps1

param(
    [string]$computerName="",
    [string]$IgnoreList = @("Dell Digital Delivery Service","Skype Updater", "Software Protection","Manager für heruntergeladene Karten"),
    [string]$UserName = "",
    [string]$Password = ''
) 

$IgnoreScript = 'Google Update Service (gupdate)'
$IgnoreCombined = $IgnoreList + $IgnoreScript

# Generate Credentials Object
$SecPasswd  = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force
$Credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($UserName, $secpasswd)


$Services = Invoke-Command -Credential $Credentials -ComputerName $computerName -ScriptBlock {
    $Services = (Get-Service| Select-Object DisplayName,Status,StartType | Where-Object {$_.StartType -eq "Automatic" -and $_.Status -eq "Stopped" })
    return $Services
}

$FilteredServices = @();

Foreach($Service in $Services){
    if(-Not ($IgnoreCombined.Contains($Service.DisplayName)))
        { $FilteredServices += $Service }
}

if($FilteredServices.Count -ne 0)
{ Write-Host ([string]::Format("{0}:There are {0} stopped automatic services: {1}",$FilteredServices.Count,($FilteredServices | Select -Expand DisplayName ) -join ", ")) }