Using Microsoft Visual Studio or the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, you can easily create services by creating an application that is installed as a service. This type of application is called a Windows Service. With framework features, you can create services, install them, and start, stop, and otherwise control their behavior.
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The Windows Service template and associated functionality is not available in the Standard Edition of Visual Studio. |
- Introduction to Windows Service Applications
Provides an overview of Windows Service applications, the lifetime of a service, and how service applications differ from other common project types.
- Walkthrough: Creating a Windows Service Application in the Component Designer
Provides an example of creating a service in Visual Basic and Visual C#.
- Service Application Programming Architecture
Explains the language elements used in service programming.
- How to: Create Windows Services
Describes the process of creating and configuring Windows services using the Windows Service project template.
- ServiceBase
Describes the major features of the ServiceBase class, which is used to create services.
- ServiceProcessInstaller
Describes the features of the ServiceProcessInstaller class, which is used along with the ServiceInstaller class to install and uninstall your services.
- ServiceInstaller
Describes the features of the ServiceInstaller class, which is used along with the ServiceProcessInstaller class to install and uninstall your service.
- Monitoring Windows Services
Describes how to use the ServiceController component to interact with existing services.
- Default Project Templates in Visual Studio
Describes the projects types used in this chapter and how to choose between them.
- Deploying Applications and Components
Lists the major pages about deployment and the information they contain.