A.1 DRA Services

This table provides information on DRA services. This helps DRA administrators decide if they can safely disable a service without affecting any DRA functionality.

DRA Service	Description	Safe to disable
Administration Service	This service performs all the DRA operations and manages the internal DRA server processes.	No
DRA Audit Service	This service handles the Unified Change History requests from the Web Console. When you disable this service: DRA functionality is not impacted. You will be able to generate Unified Change History reports from the Delegation and Configuration Console. You will not be able to generate Unified Change History reports from the Web Console.	Yes
DRA Cache Service	This service acts as a persistent cache for the Administration Server.	No
DRA Core Service	This service generates reports for DRA consoles and schedules the Active Directory, Office365, DRA, and Resource Collector jobs. When you disable this service: DRA functionality is not impacted. Collector jobs will not run so data for NRC reports will not be collected. You will not be able to generate Unified Change History reports from any DRA console.	Yes
DRA Log Archive	This service stores all DRA audit events in a secure manner to support audit reporting.	No
DRA Replication Service	This service supports the DRA Temporary Group Assignment (TGA) feature. TGAs will not be available on any DRA server where this service is removed or stopped.	Yes
DRA Rest Service	The Web Console and PowerShell clients use this service to communicate with the Administration Server.	No
DRA Secure Storage	This service manages the AD LDS instance of DRA which stores the DRA configuration. It also replicates this configuration data across the MMS setup.	No
DRA Skype Service	This service manages all the Skype tasks. When you disable this service: DRA functionality is not impacted. Skype operations will not be processed. NOTE:DRA Skype service will be deprecated from DRA version 10.3.	Yes