USING COMMAND LINE

1. Login with a full administrative account to another computer.

2. Open a Command Prompt (CMD) window.

3. Type the following command:

Example 1: Restart a remote server

Shutdown /m \\servername /r 

Example 2: Restart a remote server immediately

Shutdown /r /m \\servername /t 0

If you want to delay the restart, specify the seconds: e.g. /t 60

Example 3: Restart the remote server with a custom message

Shutdown /m \\servername  /c "The server will restart for maintenance purpose"

Example 4: Log off a user on a remote server

shutdown /l /m \\servername

USING POWERSHELL

1. Login with a full administrative account to another computer.

2. Open a Powershell window.

3. Type the following command:

Example 1: Use Powershell to restart a remote server immediately

Restart-Computer -ComputerName REMOTE_COMPUTER_NAME -Force

Example 2: Use PowerShell to shut down a remote server

Stop-Computer -ComputerName REMOTE_COMPUTER_NAME -Force

Example 3: Use PowerShell to restart a list of servers

Restart-computer (get-content c:\serverslist.txt)

Example 4: Use PowerShell to shutdown multiple remote servers

Stop-Computer -ComputerName "Servername01", "Servername02"