Are IIS Admin Service and File and Print Sharing Network Service Required?
Q: We are working to manage our services and one of the services we have questions about is the IIS Admin Service. What function does this service perform on an IIS server? If our Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 will NOT be a WWW server, do we need to have this service? Regarding the network service “File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks, is this required on an IIS server? A: The IIS Admin Service is an essential service on all IIS servers, but is not needed at all on servers that do not host IIS. One of the key functions of the IIS Admin Service is to provide a way for other services and programs to access, modify, and otherwise manage the metabase. If this service is not running, IIS cannot start. By default, the IIS Admin Service is set to restart if it fails unexpectedly (see the March 2003 edition of IIS Insider for details on how to customize the restart setting). Regarding the File and Print Sharing network service, it is not really an IIS issue per se, but more of a se
