title StopService Method (SqlService Class) | Microsoft Docs ms.custom ms.date 03/03/2017 ms.prod sql-server-2016 ms.reviewer ms.suite ms.technology database-engine ms.tgt_pltfrm ms.topic reference apiname StopService Method (SqlService Class) apilocation sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof apitype MOFDef helpviewer_keywords StopService method ms.assetid ef8e1856-4930-417a-8f52-be470fd3f15c caps.latest.revision 34 author JennieHubbard ms.author jhubbard manager jhubbard StopService Method (SqlService Class) Attempts to place the service in the stopped state. Syntax object.StopService() Parts object A SqlService Class object that represents the service. Property Value/Return Value A uint32 value, which is 0 if the ResumeService request was accepted, 1 if the request is not supported, and any other number to indicate an error. Remarks See Also Starting and Stopping Services