List of SQL Server Service Names
In the tables below, services that can have multiple instances on the same server have the default instance name listed first and then a named instance – “Contoso1.” These services names are without any service packs being applied. I haven’t checked to see if there are any changes to service names after installing service packs.
SQL Server 7
Common Name |
Service Display Name |
Service Name |
Executable Name |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator |
MSDTC |
msdtc.exe |
SQL Server |
MSSQLServer |
MSSQLServer |
sqlservr.exe |
SQL Server Agent |
SQLServerAgent |
SQLServerAgent |
sqlagent.exe |
SQL Server Analysis Services |
MSSQLServerOLAPService |
MSSQLServerOLAPService |
msmdsrv.exe |
SQL Server 2000
Common Name |
Service Display Name |
Service Name |
Executable Name |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator |
MSDTC |
msdtc.exe |
SQL Server |
MSSQLServer MSSQL$CONTOSO1 |
MSSQLServer MSSQL$CONTOSO1 |
sqlservr.exe |
SQL Server Active Directory Helper |
MSSQLServerADHelper |
MSSQLServerADHelper |
sqladhlp.exe |
SQL Server Agent |
SQLServerAgent |
SQLServerAgent |
sqlagent.exe |
SQL Server Analysis Services |
MSSQLServerOLAPService |
MSSQLServerOLAPService |
msmdsrv.exe |
SQL Server 2005
Common Name |
Service Display Name |
Service Name |
Executable Name |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
|
MSDTC |
msdtc.exe |
SQL Server |
SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) MSSQLServerContoso1 |
MSSQLSERVER MSSQL$CONTOSO1 |
sqlservr.exe |
SQL Server Active Directory Helper |
SQL Server Active Directory Helper |
MSSQLServerADHelper |
sqladhlp90.exe |
SQL Server Agent |
SQL Server Agent (MSSQLServer) SQL Server Agent (CONTOSO1) |
SQLSERVERAGENT SQLAgent$CONTOSO1 |
sqlagent.exe |
SQL Server Analysis Services |
SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Server Analysis Services (CONTOSO1) |
MSSQLServerOLAPService MSOLAP$CONTOSO1 |
msmdsrv.exe |
SQL Server Browser |
SQL Server Browser |
SQLBrowser |
sqlbrowser.exe |
SQL Server Full Text Search |
SQL Server FullText Search (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Server FullText Search (CONTOSO1) |
msftesql msftesql$CONTOSO1 |
msftesql.exe |
SQL Server Integration Services |
SQL Server Integration Services |
MsDtsServer |
MsDtsSrvr.exe |
SQL Server Reporting Services |
SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Server Reporting Services (CONTOSO1) |
ReportServer ReportServer$CONTOSO1 |
ReportingServicesService.exe |
SQL Server VSS Writer |
SQL Server VSS Writer |
SQLWriter |
sqlwriter.exe |
SQL Server 2008 and
SQL Server 2008 R2
Common Name |
Service Display Name |
Service Name |
Executable Name |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) |
Distributed Transaction Coordinator |
MSDTC |
msdtc.exe |
SQL Server |
SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Server (CONTOSO1) |
MSSQLSERVER MSSQL$CONTOSO1 |
sqlservr.exe |
SQL Server Active Directory Helper |
SQL Active Directory Helper Service |
MSSQLServerADHelper100 |
SQLADHLP.EXE |
SQL Server Agent |
SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Server Agent (CONTOSO1) |
SQLSERVERAGENT SQLAgent$CONTOSO1 |
SQLAGENT.EXE |
SQL Server Analysis Services |
SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Server Analysis Services (CONTOSO1) |
MSSQLServerOLAPService MSOLAP$CONTOSO1 |
msmdsrv.exe |
SQL Server Browser |
SQL Server Browser |
SQLBrowser |
sqlbrowser.exe |
SQL Server Full Text Search |
SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (CONTOSO1) |
MSSQLFDLauncher MSSQLFDLauncher$CONTOSO1 |
fdlauncher.exe |
SQL Server Integration Services |
SQL Server Integration Services 10.0 |
MsDtsServer100 |
MsDtsSrvr.exe |
SQL Server Reporting Services |
SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER) SQL Server Reporting Services (CONTOSO1) |
ReportServer ReportServer$CONTOSO1 |
ReportingServicesService.exe |
SQL Server VSS Writer |
SQL Server VSS Writer |
SQLWriter |
sqlwriter.exe |