The Microsoft Windows PowerShell script below will provide the status of a service on the specified server.

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.SYNOPSIS
This script will provide the status of a service on the specified server.
.DESCRIPTION
This script automates the process for verifying the status of a service.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Tuesday, November 24, 2015.
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$SERVER = Read-Host “What is the hostname of the server?”
$SERVICE = Read-Host “What is the name of the service?”
get-service -computername $SERVER | where-object {$_.name -eq “$SERVICE”}