How To Check SQL Windows Services Stopped Time And Who Stopped with powerhsell

Question:  I want to create  a report using Powershell where the Stop & Start times of SQL Server related windows services are reported. As well as the username (if available)

Answer:  The  Powerhsell Get-EventLog cmdlet is one method to get these results. There are other ways - but the flexibility for piping and access to the logs is far more effective.

This example will return a Grid view with 3 columns : message , timegenerated, user, with a filter on the  keyword "SQL"

 get-eventlog -source "Service Control manager" -LogName System | select-object message,timegenerated,user|Where-Object{$_.message -like "*SQL*"}| Out-GridView

This is the sort of output to expect . You can elect to not use the Out-GridView - but the output will be displayed on the Powershell console.

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