WINDOWS SERVERPLESKCLOUDOPS

Quick Reference

Keep this page open during the class or during a real first-response investigation.

First-response checklist

Quick commands

resmon
eventvwr.msc
services.msc
taskschd.msc
diskmgmt.msc

ipconfig /all
nslookup example.com
Test-NetConnection example.com -Port 443
Test-NetConnection SERVER-IP -Port 3389

Get-Process
Get-Service
Get-NetIPConfiguration

Fast symptom map

Symptom	Start here
Server slow	CPU → RAM → Disk → Network → Processes → Services → Logs
C: drive full	Usage → consumer → logs/backups/temp → safe cleanup → verify
Website down	RDP → local site → IIS → App Pool → Plesk → logs → app/database
503	IIS → App Pool → worker process → Event Viewer → application logs
Internet access fails	DNS → IP → routing → firewall → port → IIS binding
Unknown process	Name → path → publisher → parent → service/task → network → EDR → logs