Service application |
Services on server |
Server recommendation |
Additional information |
Access Services |
Access Services |
Front-end server |
Enables users of the Access 2013 client to create new Access service applications. View, edit, and interact with Access Services databases in a browser. |
Access Services 2010 |
Access Database Service 2010 |
Front-end 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. |
App Management Service |
App Management Service |
Front-end server |
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Business Data Connectivity |
Excel Calculation Services |
Front-end server |
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Excel Services |
Excel Calculation Services |
Front-end server or specialized server |
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Machine Translation Service |
Machine Translation Service |
Batch-processing server |
The Machine Translation Service uses SharePoint OAuth for file management. The Machine Translation Service Application's app pool account needs permissions from the User Profile Application to function correctly. The Machine Translation Service connects to the Microsoft Translator online service. The Microsoft Translator may collect some data to improve the quality of translations. |
Managed Metadata Service |
Managed Metadata Web Service |
Front-end server |
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service |
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service |
Front-end server |
You must use Windows PowerShell to deploy this service. Start this service if you have deployed service applications in a 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 you start this service, web applications consume the service automatically. |
PerformancePoint |
PerformancePoint Service |
Batch-processing server or specialized server |
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PowerPoint Conversion |
PowerPoint Conversion Service |
Batch-processing 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 complete processor core. Memory usage depends on the size and content of files being converted. You can use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to control the number of worker processes that are used. Several other configuration options are also available through Windows PowerShell cmdlets. |
Search |
Lotus Notes Connector |
Batch-processing server or specialized servers for search |
Refer to TechNet documentation to learn how to configure Lotus Notes Connector that crawls data on a Lotus Domino server. |
Search |
Search Host Controller Service |
Servers that run search components |
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 |
Servers that run the query processing component |
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 |
Servers that run search components |
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 |
Front-end server |
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Usage and Health Data Collection |
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This service application has no associated service on the server. |
User Profile |
User Profile Service |
Front-end server |
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User Profile |
User Profile Synchronization Service |
Batch-processing server |
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Visio Graphics Service |
Visio Graphics Service |
Front-end server |
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Word Automation Service |
Word Automation Services |
Batch-processing 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 Service |
Batch-processing server |
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Central Administration |
Front-end server |
This service runs the Central Administration site. It can be put on a batch-processing server if security policies of an organization mandate this. |
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Claims to Windows Token Service |
Servers that run Excel Calculation Services and PerformancePoint as well as any other service applications that rely on this service to delegate a SharePoint user identity to an external data source |
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Distributed Cache |
Front-end server or Distributed Cache and Request Management tier (not both) |
By default this service is started on all web servers and application servers in a farm. |
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Document Conversions Launcher Service |
Batch-processing servers |
Schedules and starts the document conversions on a server. |
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Document Conversions Load Balancer Service |
Batch-processing servers |
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 |
Front-end servers |
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 |
Front-end servers |
Start this service on computers that run sandboxed code in the farm. This can include front-end servers and batch-processing 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 |
Front-end 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 running Central Administration and if the feature cannot be deployed globally. |
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service |
Batch-processing server |
This service is automatically configured to run on all web servers in a farm. |
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Request Management |
Distributed Cache and Request Management tier |
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. |