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Overview of Services Installed by Exchange

Setup
Exchange 2010

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 20120621

During the installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Setup runs a set of tasks that install new services. A service is a
background process that can be launched during operating system startup by the Service Control Manager in Microsoft
Windows. Services are executable files designed to operate independently and without administrative intervention. A service can
run using either a graphical user interface GUI mode or a console mode.

Services aren't new to Exchange 2010. All previous versions of Exchange included components implemented as services. Each
server role includes services that are part of, or may be needed by, the server role to perform its functions. Although Setup
installs all services whether they're immediately needed or not, some services only become active when specific features are
used.

The following table lists by name and by short name the various services installed by Exchange 2010. Also included is a
description of each service, the server role that installs the service, and whether the service is required or optional. In the table,
optional means that the service is installed by Setup, but you can disable it if you determine that the function provided by the
service isn't needed by your organization.

Services installed by Exchange Setup

Required R
Service Service short Security Description and Default
Server roles or optional
name name context dependencies startup type
O

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Provides Active Automatic Mailbox, Hub R

ExchangeActi ADTopology Directory topology Transport,
ve Directory information to Client Access,
Topology Exchange services. If Unified
this service is stopped, Messaging
most Exchange services
are unable to start. This
service has no
dependencies.

Microsoft ADAM_MSEx Network Stores configuration Automatic Edge R

Exchange change Service data and recipient data Transport
ADAM on the Edge Transport
server. This service
represents the named
instance of Active

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Directory Lightweight
Directory Service AD
LDS that's
automatically created
by Setup during Edge
Transport server
installation. This service
is dependent upon the
COM+ Event System
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Manages client address Automatic Client Access R
Exchange AB book connections. This
Address Book service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Provides the Microsoft Automatic Hub O

Exchange AntispamUpd Forefront Protection Transport,
Antispam ate 2010 for Exchange Edge
Update Server antispam Transport
update service. On Hub
Transport servers, this
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service. On Edge
Transport servers, this
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
Exchange ADAM
service.

Microsoft MSExchangeE Local System Monitors credential Automatic Edge R

Exchange dgeCredentia changes in AD LDS and Transport
Credential l installs the changes on
Service the Edge Transport
server. This service is
dependent upon the
Microsoft Exchange
ADAM service.

Microsoft MSExchangeE Local System Connects to an AD LDS Automatic Hub O

Exchange dgeSync instance on subscribed Transport
EdgeSync Edge Transport servers
over a secure LDAP
channel to synchronize
data between a Hub
Transport server and an
Edge Transport server.

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This service is
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service. If Edge
Subscription isn't
configured, this service
can be disabled.

Microsoft MSExchangeF Local System Distributes offline Automatic Client Access, R

Exchange File DS address book OAB Unified
Distribution and custom Unified Messaging
Messaging prompts.
This service is
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology and
Workstation services.

Microsoft MSExchangeF Local System Provides formsbased Automatic Client Access R

Exchange BA authentication to
FormsBased Microsoft
Authenticatio OfficeOutlook Web
n App and the Exchange
Control Panel. If this
service is stopped,
Outlook Web App and
the Exchange Control
Panel won't
authenticate users. This
service has no
dependencies.

Microsoft MSExchangeI Network Provides IMAP4 service Manual Client Access O

Exchange MAP4 Service to clients. If this service
IMAP4 is stopped, clients won't
be able to connect to
this computer using the
IMAP4 protocol. This
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchangeI Local System Manages the Exchange Automatic Mailbox R

Exchange S Information Store. This
Information includes mailbox
Store databases and public
folder databases. If this
service is stopped,

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mailbox databases and

public folder databases
on this computer are
unavailable. If this
service is disabled, any
services that explicitly
depend on it will fail to
start. This service is
dependent on the RPC,
Server, Windows Event
Log, and Workstation
services.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Submits messages from Automatic Mailbox R

Exchange MailSubmissi the Mailbox server to
Mail on Exchange 2010 Hub
Submission Transport servers. This
Service service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Performs background Automatic Mailbox R

Exchange MailboxAssist processing of mailboxes
Mailbox ants in the Exchange store.
Assistants This service is
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Processes mailbox Automatic Client Access O

Exchange MailboxRepli moves and move
Mailbox cation requests. This service is
Replication dependent upon the
Service Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology and
Net.Tcp Port Sharing
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Allows applications to Manual All O

Exchange Monitoring call the Exchange
Monitoring diagnostic cmdlets. This
service has no
dependencies.

Microsoft MSExchange Network Provides POP3 service Manual Client Access O

Exchange POP3 Service to clients. If this service
POP3 is stopped, clients can't
connect to this

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computer using the

POP3 protocol. This
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Provides a host for Automatic Hub R

Exchange ProtectedServ several Exchange Transport,
Protected iceHost services that must be Client Access
Service Host protected from other
services. This service is
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Provides replication Automatic Mailbox R

Exchange Repl functionality for
Replication mailbox databases on
Service Mailbox servers in a
database availability
group DAG and
database mount
functionality for all
Mailbox servers. This
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Network Manages client RPC Automatic Mailbox, O Mailbox,

Exchange RPC Service connections for Client Access R Client
RPC Client Exchange. This service is Access
Access dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchangeS Local System Drives indexing of Automatic Mailbox O

Exchange earch mailbox content, which
Search improves the
Indexer performance of content
search. This service is
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology and
Microsoft Search

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Exchange Server
services.

Microsoft WSBExchang Local System Enables Windows Manual Mailbox O

Exchange e Server Backup users to
Server back up and recover
Extension for application data for
Windows Microsoft Exchange.
Server This service has no
Backup dependencies.

Microsoft MSExchangeS Local System Provides a host for Automatic All R

Exchange erviceHost several Exchange
Service Host services. On internal
server roles, this service
is dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service. On Edge
Transport servers, this
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
Exchange ADAM
service.

Microsoft MSSpeechSer Network Provides speech Automatic Unified R

Exchange vice Service processing services for Messaging
Speech Unified Messaging. This
Engine service is dependent
upon the Windows
Management
Instrumentation WMI
service.

Microsoft MSExchangeS Local System Forwards directory Automatic Mailbox R

Exchange A lookups to a global
System catalog server for
Attendant legacy Outlook clients,
generates email
addresses and OABs,
updates free/busy
information for legacy
clients, and maintains
permissions and group
memberships for the
server. If this service is
disabled, any services
that explicitly depend
on it will fail to start.
This service is
dependent on the RPC,
Server, Windows Event

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Log, and Workstation

services.

Microsoft MSExchangeT Network Limits the rate of user Automatic Mailbox R

Exchange hrottling Service operations. This service
Throttling is dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service.

Microsoft MSExchangeT Network Provides SMTP server Automatic Hub R

Exchange ransport Service and transport stack. On Transport,
Transport Hub Transport servers, Edge
this service is Transport
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service. On Edge
Transport servers, this
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
Exchange ADAM
service.

Microsoft MSExchangeT Local System Provides remote search Automatic Hub O

Exchange ransportLogS capability for Microsoft Transport,
Transport Log earch Exchange Transport log Mailbox,
Search files. On Hub Transport Edge
servers, this service is Transport
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology
service. On Edge
Transport servers, this
service is dependent
upon the Microsoft
Exchange ADAM
service.

Microsoft MSExchange Local System Enables Microsoft Automatic Unified R

Exchange UM Exchange Unified Messaging
Unified Messaging features.
Messaging This allows voice and
fax messages to be
stored in Exchange and
gives users telephone
access to email, voice
mail, calendar, contacts,
or an auto attendant. If
this service is stopped,

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Unified Messaging isn't

available. This service is
dependent upon the
Microsoft
ExchangeActive
Directory Topology and
the Microsoft Exchange
Speech Engine service.

Microsoft msftesql Local System This is a Microsoft Manual Hub O

Search Exchange Exchangecustomized Transport,
Exchange version of Microsoft Mailbox
Server Search. This service is
dependent on the RPC
service.

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Community Additions

Very Helpful
Can we please get one of these for Exchange 2013?

ThePoliceStoleMyCar
2/17/2014

Great!
Thanks!!!

Khrias
9/27/2012

Thanks
Thanks

Essam.RE
12/23/2011

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