# Windows Service Monitoring Keep the critical Windows services running with OpManager's potent Windows service monitoring capabilities. [![Windows service monitoring - ManageEngine OpManager](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/Windows-service-monitor-thumbnail.avif)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7GRZhxeasmQ?si=FRtLBuaqm9BxMZPG) In any network, Windows services are a crucial part of business-facing applications. The ideal performance of these applications is greatly dependent on the smooth functioning of the Windows services. Monitoring Windows services with a potent Windows service monitor like OpManager is essential to prevent application and network downtime. The Windows service performance monitoring capabilities of OpManager help remove the burden of an IT admin's shoulders by putting monitoring and troubleshooting tasks on auto-pilot. It helps network administrators foresee performance anomalies and take corrective actions to keep the network's health and performance in check. ## OpManager: The dynamic Windows Service monitor network admins rely on OpManager's network monitoring capabilities help you perform Windows service monitoring, eliminating the challenges involved. OpManager offers: - [Agentless Windows Services monitoring](#windows-service-monitor-agentless-monitoring-tool-using-wmi) - [Fault identification and alarm dissemination](#windows-service-monitor-fault-identification-and-alarm-dissemination) - [Automated troubleshooting with Workflows](#windows-service-monitor-automated-troubleshooting-with-workflows) - [Out-of-the-box Windows services monitoring](#out-of-the-box-windows-service-monitoring) - [Key Windows services](#key-windows-services-monitored) ### Windows Service monitor: Agentless monitoring tool using WMI OpManager's Windows service monitoring tool allows you to monitor Windows services locally or across multiple servers on the network. OpManager supports monitoring Windows services via [WMI monitor](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/wmi-monitoring.html?wsm) and does not require an agent to be installed on each remote machine. ### Windows Service monitor: Fault identification and alarm dissemination ![Windows service monitoring tool - ManageEngine OpManager](https://cdn.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/network-monitoring-alerts3.png) OpManager is a tool to monitor services in a Windows environment and notifies you instantly when any of your Windows services turn dormant. OpManager generates alarms that can be delivered as notifications. You can configure notification profiles on OpManager to get the [network monitoring alerts](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-monitoring-alerts.html?wsm) delivered to you via e-mail, SMS or Slack notifications. This swift delivery of fault notifications helps expedite the troubleshooting process and in turn, helps minimize downtime. ### Windows Service monitor: Automated troubleshooting with Workflows ![Workflows](https://cdn.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/it-workflow-automation.png) OpManager saves you the hassle of manual troubleshooting with its [Workflows](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/it-workflow-automation.html?wsm). Once the faults have been identified, OpManager's Windows service monitoring software helps you automate the troubleshooting process without any manual intervention. You can completely automate actions such as restarting the Windows service or rebooting the server ### Out-of-the-box Windows Service monitoring ![Monitor Windows services - ManageEngine OpManager](https://cdn.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/win-service-mon3.png) In addition to monitoring system-level services like HTTP, LDAP, SMTP, etc, OpManager's Windows monitoring service supports monitoring of the above Windows Services by default. ### Key Windows Services monitored OpManager's Windows Services monitor scrutinizes [availability](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/availability-monitoring.html?wsm#windows-service) and response time for the following services. | Alerter | DHCP Server | DNS Server | Disk Manager | Event Log | |---|---|---|---|---| | FTP | IAS | IIS | Messenger | MySQL | | Net Logon | Print Spooler | RPC | Telephony | Telnet | ## Discover more on Windows service monitor ### Featured - [Windows service monitoring:Challenges](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/windows-service-monitoring-challenges.html?wsm) - [WMI monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/wmi-monitoring.html?wsm) - [Windows process monitor](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/windows-process-monitor.html?wsm) ### Quick links - [Blogs](https://blogs.manageengine.com?wsm) - [E-books](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/ebooks.html?wsm) - [Videos](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/videos.html?wsm) - [Case studies](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/customer-recommends.html?wsm) - [Awards and Recognitions](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-software-review.html?wsm) ### Additional resources - [Unleash optimal Windows service monitoring](https://blogs.manageengine.com/network/opmanager/2023/10/18/unleash-optimal-it-network-performance-with-opmanagers-windows-service-monitoring-capabilities.html?wsm) - [Basics of network monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/basics-of-network-monitoring-ebook.html?wsm) - [How to monitor Windows services](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/monitor-wmi-service.html?wsm) ## Related Products - [Network Monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/?relPrd) - [Bandwidth Monitoring & Traffic Analysis](https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/?relPrd) - [Network Configuration Management](https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/?relPrd) - [Switch Port & IP Address Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/?relPrd) - [Firewall Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/firewall/?relPrd) - [Network Monitoring Software for MSPs](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring-msp/?relPrd) - [IT Operations Management](https://www.manageengine.com/it-operations-management/) - [Application Performance Monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/?relPrd)