Free Windows Service Monitor

Free Windows Service Monitor is an approachable tool you can use to view Windows services running on remote computers. It offers support for Exchange Server, SharePoint, MySQL, MSSQL, DHCP, and other types of services, giving admins the possibility to add custom services to the watchlist.

The setup operation is fast and the only noteworthy aspect is that you must have .NET Framework installed. Once launched, the application creates an icon in the system notifications area for quick access and gets minimized there on close. It becomes non-intrusive this way, sitting silently and letting you carry on with your normal PC activity without any interruptions.

As far as the interface is concerned, Free Windows Service Monitor opts for a modern-looking window with a neatly structured layout, where you can get started by putting together the servers list.

This is done by specifying the server and domain names, along with the username and password of each machine you want to remotely connect to. In the following step, you can check out the name, description, status, startup type (manual, automatic, delayed), and logged on username of each active service.

It's possible to refresh displayed information if any changes were made in the meantime, remove any service from the watchlist, as well as to add custom services to view their names, descriptions and states. There are no other notable factors available.

It's important to keep in mind that Free Windows Service Monitor acts only like a monitor, since it doesn't implement options for controlling the remote services. The utility worked smoothly in our tests and should come in handy for network admins who want to keep an eye on remote services. CPU and RAM resources were barely used.