NetWrix is able to monitor Windows services and is able ensure correct operation of system functions and prevent downtime. Will help administrators to assess the state of services and take corrective actions when necessary.

Windows services are critical processes that support required server functionality, such as Active Directory, email, DNS, automatic updates, etc. on a Windows system. There can be glitches with these system services, which may fail to start or stop abruptly. Administrators then must ensure such situations do not occur causing downtimes that are costly in terms of loss of productivity. Information store or the SMTP services supports MS Exchange and any of them failing will cause problems with e-mail delivery and even missing mails. One then must note these problems immediately and arrange to restart the failed services again. NetWrix services monitor has a free and a commercial version. It monitors the services that have been configured and sends alerts to administrator if any of these fail to start or abruptly stop.

You could arrange to have the computer restarted if necessary. It will track multiple computers and their services and scales up to thousands of machines. All the services that are set up on start up mode are detected and monitored. The commercial version lets you restart the service or even the machine on detection of a problem. When you have large installation of Windows machine and must protect vital services like the e-mail in the enterprise, this is a useful tool worth trying out.