WMIC has been a built-in command since XP as a interface to WMI operations. Here is a basic task , stop or start the windows service on remote server.
Run WMIC on command prompt, or Run box. 
By default, the WMIC connect to local WMI service. If you want to connect to a remote Node.
put
| /Node:yourremote Server /User:account enter you password. |
When you run /? , you will be able to see all the built-in Objects that you can interact with.
Service List, it will show you all services installed on the server  |
If you want to list only those service a running, and list the name caption only (like the sql projection syntax. )
service where state=”running” get name, caption, status  |
get a specified service status, like iisadmin
If you want to control the service, like stop the service or restart the service. 
to list all the operation on the service ,
Service where name=”iisadmin” call
the same approach applies to the process management.
| process where name=”notepad.exe” call terminate close the notepad.exe process to shutdown the server terminate the winlogon.exe |
Also you can use PSexec to run process on the remote server directly. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx
