Monitoring Windows Services
Nodinite empowers you to monitor, manage, and optimize Windows Services across your infrastructure. Instantly discover all services, automate health checks, and provide secure, role-based access for your team.
✅ Instantly discover and monitor all Windows Services
✅ Set custom thresholds and receive real-time alerts for service health and uptime
✅ Share access to selected services with end-users for secure self-service
✅ Actionable alerts and Remote Actions within role-based Monitor Viewsto resolve issues fast
Example list of monitored 'Windows Services' as resources in a Monitor View.
Monitoring Features
- The Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent uses WMI to automatically discover all Windows Services. Sharing insights is easy with Monitor Views.
- State Evaluation – Ensure Windows Services are up and running with user-defined thresholds.
- Category-based monitoring – Group monitored Resources by Categories for streamlined management.
State evaluation for Windows Services
Nodinite displays each monitored Windows Service as a Resources. For example, if you have 2 Windows Server configurations with 150 and 270 Windows Services, you will have 420 'Windows Service' resources in Nodinite.
The Resources name matches the Windows Service name in the format
Display Name <Service Name>.The 'Windows Service' resource belongs to the following Category:
Category Description Windows Service Ensure Windows Services are up and running 
List of the Windows Service category as a filter in a Monitor View.The Application name is the Display Name from the configuration of the monitored Windows Server:
Example of the Application path for a monitored Windows Service resource.
Each item (presented in Nodinite as a Resource) is evaluated with a state: OK, Warning, Error, or Unavailable.
You can reconfigure state evaluation at the Resources level using the Expected State feature.
Note
Depending on the user-defined synchronization interval for the Windows Server Monitoring Agent, there may be a delay before Nodinite Web Client/Monitor Views reflect changes. Click Sync All (or use the dropdown for individual agent selection) to force a resynchronization.
Option to force Nodinite to request a resynchronization with the monitoring agent.
Monitoring Windows Services
For the Windows Service category, Nodinite evaluates the monitored state as described below:
| State | Status | Description | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable | Service not available | * The server can't be reached or evaluated due to network or security issues |
- Bad configuration (invalid/non-existing Windows Service)|Review prerequisites|
||Error|Error state raised|The 'Windows Service' is NOT running| Play
Stop
Restart
Edit
Details|
||Warning|Warning state raised|Not implemented|-|
||OK|Online|The 'Windows Service' is up and running| Play
Stop
Restart
Edit
Details|
Actions for Windows Service
The following Remote Actions are available for the Windows Service Category:
Available remote actions for the Windows Service category.
Start
Start a stopped Windows Service by clicking the Action button and selecting Start in the 'Control Center' section.
Enable Windows Service using the 'Enable' action.
You will be prompted to confirm the operation:
Example of the 'Enable' prompt.
A modal will present the result of the operation:
Example of a successful start operation.
Stop
Stop a running Windows Service by clicking the Action button and selecting Stop in the 'Control Center' section.
Stop Windows Service using the 'Stop' action.
You will be prompted to confirm the operation:
Example of the 'Stop' prompt.
A modal will present the result of the operation:
Example of a successful stop operation.
Restart
Restart an enabled Windows Service by clicking the Action button and selecting Restart in the 'Control Center' section.
Stop and start the Windows Service using the 'Restart' action.
You will be prompted to confirm the operation:
Example of the 'Restart' prompt.
A modal will present the result of the operation:
Example of a successful restart operation.
Details
View details for any Windows Service resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Details in the 'Control Center' section.
Open details modal using the 'Details' action.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Example of the 'Details' modal.
The details modal is the same as the Edit modal, with all fields being read-only.
In the Dependencies tab, you can also see what other services this Windows Service depends on:
Dependencies for a Windows Service.
Edit
Manage the startup type for any Windows Service resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Edit in the 'Control Center' section.
Edit thresholds using the 'Edit' action.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Example of the 'Edit thresholds' modal.
Configuration
Use Remote Configuration to manage Windows Service configuration.
Windows Services tab
Click the Windows Services tab to manage Windows Service monitoring options.
Example of the 'Windows Services' tab.
- Enable Windows Services Monitoring – When checked, Windows Services are monitored for this Windows Server
Windows Services General Tab
Click the Windows Services General tab to manage monitoring options.
Example of the 'Windows Services General' tab.
- Polling Interval of Windows Services – Polling interval in seconds
Windows Services Source Tab
Click the Source tab to manage include options.
Example of the 'Windows Services Source' tab.
- Include Disabled Services – When checked, Windows services with startup type 'disabled' are monitored
- Include Manual Services – When checked, Windows services with startup type 'manual' are monitored
Windows Services Options Tab
Click the Options tab to manage exclude options.
Example of the 'Windows Services Options' tab.
You can add multiple RegEx expressions to exclude Windows Services from monitoring by Service Name and/or Display Name.
- Service Name Filter – Exclude Windows service(s) matching the provided RegEx expression
- Display Name Filter – Exclude Windows service(s) matching the provided RegEx expression
Tip
A common exclusion filter is:
(Sync\sHost|CDPUserSvc)_([0-9a-fA-F]*)
Next Step
Related Topics
Monitor Views
Monitoring
Resources
Windows Server Monitoring Agent