Reference > Connections > Windows Services

The Windows Services connection can be used to display Windows services from one or more computers.

Dashboard

The Windows Services are shown in the Dashboard panel when you select a Windows Services connection in the Navigation panel.

Dashboard_WindowsServices

Features

List of windows services from one or more computers.

Grid search and customization, including sort, filter and group.

Ability to start, stop and restart one or more services.

Note

The Windows Services connection relies on WMI. Ensure that all the necessary firewall ports for WMI are open and that the credentials set in the connection properties have the permission to manage services on the remote computer(s).

Royal Server Support

The dashboard data can also be gathered using a Royal Server. For more information about Royal Server, click here.

Dashboard Settings

To configure the application default settings for the included dashboard, open the Plugins Management and click on Dashboard for the Windows Services connection plugin.

To configure individual dashboard settings for a connection, use the Dashboard property page.

Plugin Settings

The Windows Services connection plugin does not offer any plugin settings at this time.

Connection Properties

The Windows Services Properties dialog is shown:

for a new Windows Services connection by clicking the More... menu item in the Add drop down menu in the Edit group on the Home ribbon tab and selecting the Windows Services entry from the list of available objects.

for an existing Windows Services connection by selecting a Windows Services connection and clicking on the Properties command in the Edit group on the Home ribbon tab.

as a bulk-edit dialog when multiple Windows Services connections were selected in the Folder / Document Dashboard and the Properties command in the Edit group on the Home ribbon tab is clicked. See also: Bulk Operations