Stop and start services, application pools, and websites

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04/20/2015

For Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) to operate correctly, all required services, application pools, and Web sites must be running on the appropriate server. In single-server deployments, each component must run on the server that runs TFS. In multiple-server deployments, each component must run on the appropriate server. In addition, you might need to stop an element to perform a particular task, such as moving your deployment to a different set of hardware.

For operations such as backing up or restoring databases, you can run the TFSServiceControl Command to start or stop all TFS services and application pools.

Stop or start a service, application pool, or Web site

If you’re not a member of the Administrators group on the server that hosts the service, application pool, or Web site that you want to manage, get added now. See Set administrator permissions for Team Foundation Server.
Log on to the server that hosts the service, application pool, or Web site.
Open Computer Management.
In the navigation pane, expand Services and Applications.
Perform one of the following steps based on what element you want to stop or start:
- For a service, open the navigation menu for the service, and then choose Stop or Start.
- For an application pool, open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, expand the local computer and open Application Pools. Open the navigation menu and choose Stop or Start.
- For a web site, open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, expand the local computer, and open Web Sites or Sites. Open the navigation menu and then choose Stop or Start.

Location of services, application pools, and web sites

The following table lists the server on which each service, application pool, and web site must be running. The Name column lists the display name for each element with service names in parentheses. Which services you need will vary based on which features of Team Foundation you have installed.

Element	Location	Name
Services	Application-tier server	Code Coverage Analysis Service Internet Information Services Administration Service (IISADMIN) HTTP SSL (HTTPFilter) Visual Studio Team Foundation Build (VSTFBUILD) (only when Team Foundation Build is installed) Visual Studio Team Foundation Background Job Agent (TFSJobAgent) World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC)
	Server that hosts the databases for Team Foundation	SQL Server (TFSINSTANCE) SQL Server Agent (TFSINSTANCE) (SQLSERVERAGENT)
	Server that hosts SQL Server Reporting Services	IIS Admin Service (IISADMIN) HTTP SSL (HTTPFilter) SQL Server Reporting Services (TFSINSTANCE) (ReportServer) World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC)
	Server that hosts SQL Server Analysis Services	SQL Server Analysis Services
	Server that hosts SharePoint Products	Internet Information Services Administration (IISADMIN) HTTP SSL (HTTPFilter) Windows SharePoint Services Timer (SPTimer) World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC)
Application pools	Application-tier server	Microsoft Team Foundation Server Application Pool Microsoft Team Foundation Server Proxy Application Pool (only when Team Foundation Server Proxy is installed)
	Server that hosts SharePoint Products	DefaultAppPool (used by the Team Project portal) Note The name might vary based on how SharePoint Products was installed. SharePoint Central Administration v3
Web sites	Application-tier server	Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server Proxy (only if Team Foundation Server Proxy is installed)
	Server that hosts SharePoint Products	Default Web Site or Team Web site Note The name might vary based on how SharePoint Products was installed. SharePoint Central Administration v3