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### Monitoring a Windows service

On your target host, launch the Datadog Agent Manager and select the "Windows Service" Integration from the list. For this, there is an out-of-the-box example; however, this example uses DHCP.
On your target host, launch the Datadog Agent Manager and select the "Windows Service" integration from the list. There is an out-of-the-box example; however, this example uses DHCP.

To get the name of the service, open `services.msc` and locate your target service. Using DHCP as the target, you can see the service name at the top of the service properties window:

{{< img src="agent/faq/DHCP.png" alt="DHCP" style="width:75%;">}}

When adding your own services, be sure to follow the formatting exactly as shown. If formatting is not correct the integration fails.
When adding your own services, be sure to follow the formatting exactly as shown. If formatting is not correct the integration fails. **Note**: Special characters in a service name must be escaped. For example, the name `MSSQL$BILLING` can be added with `MSSQL\$BILLING`.

{{< img src="agent/faq/windows_DHCP_service.png" alt="Windows DHCP Service" style="width:75%;">}}

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