Workstation Service Health

Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.WorkstationServiceHealth (UnitMonitor)

Monitors the health of the Workstation service

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Workstation service creates and maintains client network connections to remote servers. If this service is stopped access to network resources such as file shares will be unavailable.

Causes

A service can stop for many reasons, including:

Resolutions

The service can be restarted using the Services snap-in which can be accessed through the Computer Management console task:

Start Computer Management Console

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem
Parent MonitorMicrosoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.CoreServicesRollup
CategoryStateCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Windows Workstation Service Stopped
The Windows Workstation service on server {0} has stopped running
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.WorkstationServiceHealth" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="ServervNext!Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem" ParentMonitorID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.CoreServicesRollup" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>StateCollection</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.WorkstationServiceHealth.AlertMessage">
<AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</AlertParameter1>
</AlertParameters>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="Running" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="NotRunning" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" HealthState="Error"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
<ServiceName>Lanmanworkstation</ServiceName>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>