Thanks Shawn, those are two great tips! In the end, mainly because it suites my environment, I wrote a FN for the start and end that started, then stopped the SQL Browser service on the target machine. But I may rewrite with your tips just for the sake of learning.

I used this resource to help me..

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh403394.aspx

Stop and start SQL services with powershell.

Regards,

D.