Managing Services

A service is a type of application that gets special treatment from the Windows operating system. Services can run even when no user is currently logged on to a computer. Assistant administrators with the appropriate powers can manage services that are running on computers in the managed domain or managed subtree.

Manage service properties

You can manage properties for services running on computers in the managed domain or managed subtree. You can manage services while managing other resources for that computer.

Start a service

You can start a service on any computer in the managed domain or managed subtree.

Start a service with parameters

When you start services that accept parameters, you can specify these parameters at start up. You can start services on computers in the managed domain or managed subtree.

You can start a service with parameters only through the Delegation and Configuration Console.

Specify a service startup type

You can change the startup type of a service, such as requiring a manual startup.

Specify a service logon account

You can change the service logon account to an account other than the current system account. You can specify the local system account, a specific user account, or a group Managed Service Account (gMSA) as the service logon account.

Restart a service

You can restart a service running on a computer in the managed domain or managed subtree.

To restart a service, you must have both the Stop a Service and Start a Service powers or you must be associated with a role that contains these powers, such as the Start Service role and Stop Service role.

Stop a service

You can stop a service running on a computer in the managed domain or managed subtree.

Pause a service

You can pause a service running on a computer in the managed domain or managed subtree. Whether a service can be paused or not depends on the type of service. For example, you may not be able to pause a service that has dependent services.

Resume a paused service

You can resume a service that was paused on a computer in the managed domain or managed subtree.