How to: View Team Foundation Server Services

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On a server for Team Foundation, you can view the services that Team Foundation Server uses and the Web Service application pools that Team Foundation Server installs. Team Foundation Server includes many services that run on the application tier. Your actual services will vary based on which features of Team Foundation you have installed on your application-tier server.

Note

In a single-server deployment, you log on to the application-tier server to view all services and application pools. In a dual-server deployment, you must log on to the appropriate server that hosts the specific service or application for Team Foundation Server. For more information about the location of these elements, see How to: Stop and Start Services, Application Pools, and Web Sites.

To correct the configuration for a service or application pool for Team Foundation, see How to: Restart a Service and Set it to Start Automatically or How to: Verify or Correct the IIS Configuration for an Application Pool.

Required Permissions

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the server. For more information about permissions, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

To view services that Team Foundation Server uses

  1. On the server for Team Foundation, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.

  2. In the navigation pane, expand Services and Applications, and then open Services.

  3. Click the Log On As column header to sort the services by which account they run under.

    By default, all the services for Team Foundation Server run under the service account that you specified when you installed Team Foundation Server, referred to as TFSService. These services include Code Coverage Analysis Service, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Task Scheduler service, Visual Studio Team Foundation Build service, and SharePoint Timer Service or Windows SharePoint Services Timer. 

    Note

    The Visual Studio Team Foundation Build service is installed only when a build computer is installed.

To view Web Service application pools that Team Foundation Server uses

  1. On the server for Team Foundation, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.

  2. In the navigation pane, expand Services and Applications, expand Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, and then click Application Pools.

  3. Under Status or State, verify that Running or Started appears.

  4. To view or correct the application pool identity, see How to: Verify or Correct the IIS Configuration for an Application Pool.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Stop and Start Services, Application Pools, and Web Sites

How to: Change the Service Account or Password for SQL Server Reporting Services

How to: Change the Service Account or Password for Team Foundation Server

How to: Verify or Correct the IIS Configuration for an Application Pool

Concepts

Managing and Resetting Service Accounts and Passwords

Team Foundation Server Security Concepts

Team Foundation Server Security Architecture

Other Resources

Managing Team Foundation Server Services and Service Accounts