Deploying a Windows Service

Create a setup program that installs a Windows service, a serviced component, a .NET Remoting object, and an XML Web service.

  • Register components and assemblies.

Configure client computers and servers to use a Windows service, a serviced component, a .NET Remoting object, and an XML Web service.

Unlike a Web service, a Windows service application is installed in a directory on the file system of the target computer. You therefore use a Setup Project template rather than a Web Setup Project template to deploy a Windows service.

In addition, you also need to register a Windows service with the Windows Service Control Manager. The .NET Framework provides custom installation components to take care of this. You can install ...

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