Where can I download a description of all system services of Windows Server 2008?

Question

Where can I download a description of system services of Windows Server 2008? I need a document like this => http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b38a0682-2997-4678-9d9e-a07cc66a3bba&displaylang=en but for Windows Server 2008.

Answer 1

Are you looking for Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system (KB832017).

Also, Windows Security article, Controlling Service Security Using Windows Server 2008.

Answer 2

I'm not sure what exactly you are looking for, but I guess a good starting point is Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 product information page, particularly the White Papers section and features page.

The following link, for example, leads to a 160 pages longword document: "Windows Server 2008 Technical Overview (full document)".

For more technical content, there is the Windows Server 2008 section on TechNet.

Answer 3

There is a VB Script at this techtasks site that should help enumerate the available services.

' This code prints the list of services on a machine
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "Windows Server Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
' ISBN: 0-596-00633-0
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strComputer = "<ServerName>"  ' e.g. fs-rtp01 (use . for local server)
boolShowDetails = TRUE        ' set to FALSE to display list w/o details
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
set objServices = objWMI.InstancesOf("Win32_Service")

for each objService in objServices
   WScript.Echo objService.Name
   if boolShowDetails = TRUE then
      for each objProp in objService.Properties_
         ' Print out NULL if the property is blank
         if IsNull(objProp.Value) then
            Wscript.Echo " " & objProp.Name & " : NULL"
         else
         ' If the value is an array, we need to iterate through each element
         ' of the array
            if objProp.IsArray = TRUE then
               For I = LBound(objProp.Value) to UBound(objProp.Value)
                  wscript.echo " " & objProp.Name & " : " & objProp.Value(I)
               next
            else
           ' If the property was  not NULL or an array, we print it
                wscript.echo " " & objProp.Name & " : " & objProp.Value
            end if
         end if
      next
      WScript.Echo ""
   end if
next