Service Application |
Services on Server |
Server Recommendation |
More information |
Access Services 2010 |
Access Database Service 2010 |
Application Server |
Allows continued maintenance of SharePoint 2010 Access service applications by using Access 2010 clients and Access 2013 clients. Does not allow users to create new applications. |
Access Services |
Access Services |
Application Server |
Allows creation of new Access service applications by using the Access 2013 client. View, edit, and interact with Access Services databases in a browser. |
App Management Service |
App Management Service |
Application Server |
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Business Data Connectivity |
Business Data Connectivity |
Application Server |
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Excel Calculation Services |
Excel Calculation Services |
Application Server |
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Machine Translation Service |
Machine Translation Service |
Application Server |
The Machine Translation Service uses SharePoint OAuth for file management. The Machine Translation Service Application's app pool account needs permissions to the User Profile Application to function correctly. The Machine Translation Service connects to the Microsoft Translator online service. Microsoft Translator may collect some data to improve the quality of translations. |
Managed Metadata Service |
Managed Metadata Service |
Application Server |
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service |
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service |
Web server or application server |
This service application is deployed only by using Windows PowerShell. In hosting environments, this service is typically started on one or more application servers. Start this service if you have deployed service applications in multi-tenant mode or if the farm includes sites that use site subscriptions. This service stores settings and configuration data for tenants in a multi-tenant environment. After it is started, web applications consume this service automatically. |
PerformancePoint |
PerformancePoint |
Application Server |
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PowerPoint Conversion |
PowerPoint Conversion Service |
Application Server |
This service converts PowerPoint presentations to other formats. It typically runs on one or more application servers. It starts one or more worker processes to perform conversions. When actively converting, a worker process may use up a entire processor core. Memory usage depends on the size and content of files being converted. The number of worker processes that are used can be controlled through Windows PowerShell cmdlets. Several other configuration options are also available through Windows PowerShell cmdlets. |
Search |
Lotus Notes Connector |
Application Server |
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Search |
Search Host Controller Service |
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Automatically configured to run on the appropriate application servers This service manages the search topology components. The service is automatically started on all servers that run search topology components. |
Search |
Search Query and Site Settings Service |
Automatically configured to run on the appropriate application servers |
This service load balances queries within the search topology. It also detects farm-level changes to the search service and puts these in the Search Admin database. The service is automatically started on all servers that run the query processing component. |
Search |
SharePoint Server Search |
Automatically configured to run on the appropriate application servers |
This service crawls content for the search index. This service is automatically started on all servers that run search topology components. The service cannot be stopped or started from the Services on Server page. |
Secure Store Service |
Secure Store Service |
Application server |
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Usage and Health Data Collection |
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NA |
This service application has no associated service on server. |
User Profile |
User Profile Service |
Application server |
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User Profile |
User Profile Synchronization Service |
Application Server |
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Visio Graphics Service |
Visio Graphics Service |
Application Server |
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Word Automation Service |
Word Automation Service |
Application Server |
Performs automated bulk document conversions. When actively converting, this service will fully use one CPU for each worker process (configured in Central Administration). If the service is started on multiple servers, a job will be shared across all the servers. |
Work Management |
Work Management Servives |
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Central Administration |
Application Server |
This service runs the SharePoint Central Administration website. |
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Claims to Windows Token Service |
Web and application servers |
This service is automatically configured to run on applicable servers. |
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Distributed Cache |
Web and application servers |
By default this service is started on all web servers and application servers in a farm. |
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Document Conversions Launcher Service |
Application Server |
Schedules and starts the document conversions on a server. |
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Document Conversions Load Balancer Service |
Application Server |
Balances document conversion requests from across the server farm. Each web application can have only one load balancer registered with it at a time. |
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Incoming E-Mail |
Web server or application server |
Typically, this service runs on a web server. If you need to isolate this service then you can start it on an application server. |
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Sandboxed Code Service |
Web server or application server |
Start this service on computers in the farm that run sandboxed code. This can include web servers and application servers. This service runs code that is deployed as part of a sandboxed solution in a remote, rights-restricted process and measures the server resources that are used during execution against a site collection-scoped, daily quota. |
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application |
Web server |
Ensure that this service is started on all web servers in a farm. Stop this service on application servers. This service provides web server functionality. It is started by default on web servers. Custom features scoped to web applications may not display in Central Administration as intended if this service is not started on the server that runs Central Administration and if the feature cannot be deployed globally. |
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service |
Web server |
This service is automatically configured to run on all web servers in a farm. |
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Request Management |
Web server or dedicated servers |
In integrated mode, Request Management runs on all web servers in a farm. In dedicated mode servers in a separate Request Management farm are between the hardware load balancer and one or more SharePoint farms. |