How to: View Team Foundation Server Services

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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.

This topic describes how to view the Team Foundation Server services and Web Service application pools that Team Foundation Server installs.

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 on the Team Foundation application-tier server

  1. On the Team Foundation Server application-tier computer, click Start, click 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 Team Foundation Server services including Code Coverage Analysis Service, TFSServerScheduler, Team Build Service, and SharePoint Timer Service run under the Team Foundation Server service account that you specified when you installed Team Foundation Server, referred to as TFSService.

    Note

    The Team Build Service is only installed when Build computer is installed.

To view Web Service application pools on the Team Foundation application-tier server

  1. On the Team Foundation Server application-tier computer, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.

  2. In the navigation pane, expand Services and Applications, open Internet Information Services, and then open Application Pools.

  3. For each application pool, right-click the application pool, and then click Properties.

  4. Click the Identity tab.

    By default, all the Team Foundation Server application pools including TFS AppPool, TFS Proxy AppPool, TFSWSS, and TFWSSADMIN run under the Team Foundation Server service account that you specified when you installed Team Foundation Server, referred to as TFSService.

    Note

    The TFS Proxy AppPool application pool is only installed when Team Foundation Server Proxy is installed.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Assign a New Account to a Team Foundation Server Service

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