How to remotely stop/start an application pool in IIS 8

You can do the following to start your application pool :

Invoke-Command -ComputerName "REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Start-WebAppPool -Name "MY_FANCY_APPPOOL" }

You can do the following to stop your application pool :

Invoke-Command -ComputerName "REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Stop-WebAppPool -Name "MY_FANCY_APPPOOL" }