Service Class

Article
12/03/2008

The Service class represents an instance of the SQL Server service.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Wmi
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Service
    Inherits WmiSmoObject
    Implements IAlterable

public sealed class Service : WmiSmoObject, IAlterable

public ref class Service sealed : public WmiSmoObject, IAlterable

public final class Service extends WmiSmoObject implements IAlterable

public final class Service extends WmiSmoObject implements IAlterable

Remarks

The Service object is used to programmatically manage the SQL Server service. With the Service object you can:

Connect to the service.
Modify the account and password used to connect to the service.
Start, stop, pause, and resume the service.
Check the properties of the service.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

To get or set Service object properties or run Service methods, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Wmi.WmiSmoObject
      Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Wmi.Service

Example

How to: Stop and Restart the Microsoft SQL Server Service to the Instance of SQL Server in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms