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’tchecked 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$CONTOSO1 / sqlservr.exe
SQL Server Active Directory Helper / SQLServerActive Directory Helper / MSSQLServerADHelper / sqladhlp90.exe
SQL Server Agent / SQL Server Agent (MSSQLServer)
SQL Server Agent (CONTOSO1) / SQLSERVERAGENT
SQLAgent$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)
SQLServer (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$CONTOSO1 / msmdsrv.exe
SQL Server Browser / SQL Server Browser / SQLBrowser / sqlbrowser.exe
SQL Server Full Text Search / SQL Full-text FilterDaemon Launcher (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (CONTOSO1) / MSSQLFDLauncher
MSSQLFDLauncher$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