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Kill Process

Terminate one or more processes and all of their threads with the specified process ID on a remote machine using the WinRM protocol.

For more information, visit the Microsoft Documentation.

If a host name is not provided in the connection, the host must be provided in the Host parameter.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
Process IDThe ID of the process to stop.
Can be obtained via Get All Process Instances.
HostWhich host to connect to if one is not specified in the connection.
Can be an IP or a fully qualified domain name.

When using an HTTPS endpoint (encrypted communications),
make sure to use the specified format: https://<your-ip-or-domain>:<port-number>/wsman .
For example: https://windows-host:5986/wsman .

If the provided connection has a host specified, using this parameter results in a error.