Practice Verify a service-name exclusion

Verify a service-name exclusion

Exercise 2 min read Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7

Written and tested by Dhrub Bharali · Updated 02 October 2026

Return all other service names in alphabetical order.

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Get-Service | Where-Object Name -notlike 'W*' | Sort-Object Name | Select-Object Name

A report has an explicit scope exclusion for service names beginning with W. Apply the exclusion without altering service state.

Return all other service names in alphabetical order.

A wildcard filter is a rule over names. It is not a reliable way to classify a service as safe, optional or Microsoft-owned.

Run the source by itself and inspect the sample objects. Add each filter separately, then check the final properties and order.

The browser uses a small fictional dataset. Real results depend on the host, module, account and target environment.

Choose an answer, then check your reasoning.

Worked solution

Reveal one approach

1PS> Get-Service | Where-Object Name -notlike 'W*' | Sort-Object Name | Select-Object Name

Write your pipeline below and run it against the fictional sample data, then check your result against the expected answer.

Your pipeline

Interactive simulation · fictional data