Automating deployments on Windows with Jenkins and PsExec

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I went looking for a way to be able to remotely restart a Windows service from the Jenkins server. After googling for a bit I came across PsExec which is small utility program to run remote scripts on Windows machines which would me restart the Windows service from our remote Jenkins server. After downloading this utility and adding it to the server PATH, so I can use it directly

https://drissamri.be/blog/continuous-delivery/automating-deployments-windows-jenkins-maven-psexec/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec