Windows Event Viewer

Event Viewer

eventvwr

Server Restart Diagnostics

Windows Logs (L) - System (L) - Filter Current Log... (R)

In the Filter Current log box, type 1074 as the event ID. Highlight the most recent event and view the related information in the bottom pane. Double-click to open in a more readable window....

In this example we can see the server was rebooted to install an application or patch.