# Config for Monitoring Windows Services by heartbeat error

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-for-monitoring-windows-services-by-heartbeat-error/226999
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** heartbeat
**Created:** [April 7, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-for-monitoring-windows-services-by-heartbeat-error/226999 "2020-04-07T19:46:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Mehak\_Bhargava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mehak_bhargava/32/54750_2.png) [@Mehak\_Bhargava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mehak_Bhargava)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-for-monitoring-windows-services-by-heartbeat-error/226999/2 "2020-04-07T19:47:15Z")

</div>

@Andrew_Cholakian1 I read your comment on a post similar to this. Could you please help?

> [@Heartbeat Monitoring for Windows Servers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitoring-for-windows-servers/202227):
>
> I have tried to setup heartbeat monitoring for windows servers. I have setup IMCP through the Module.d folder. The heartbeat service starts and shows the server as up. I can power down the server and the monitor still shows as up. How can I fix this and what did I not setup correctly? Thanks in Advance

---

_[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-for-monitoring-windows-services-by-heartbeat-error/226999)._