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’t checked 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
sqlservr.exe
SQL Server Agent
SQLServerAgent
sqlagent.exe
SQL Server Analysis Services
MSSQLServerOLAPService
msmdsrv.exe
SQL Server 2000
MSSQL$CONTOSO1
SQL Server Active Directory Helper
MSSQLServerADHelper
sqladhlp.exe
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)
MSSQLServerContoso1
MSSQLSERVER
sqladhlp90.exe
SQL Server Agent (MSSQLServer)
SQL Server Agent (CONTOSO1)
SQLSERVERAGENT
SQLAgent$CONTOSO1
SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Server Analysis Services (CONTOSO1)
MSOLAP$CONTOSO1
SQL Server Browser
SQLBrowser
sqlbrowser.exe
SQL Server Full Text Search
SQL Server FullText Search (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Server FullText Search (CONTOSO1)
msftesql
msftesql$CONTOSO1
msftesql.exe
SQL Server Integration Services
MsDtsServer
MsDtsSrvr.exe
SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Server Reporting Services (CONTOSO1)
ReportServer
ReportServer$CONTOSO1
ReportingServicesService.exe
SQL Server VSS Writer
SQLWriter
sqlwriter.exe
SQL Server 2008 and
SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server (CONTOSO1)
SQL Active Directory Helper Service
MSSQLServerADHelper100
SQLADHLP.EXE
SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
SQLAGENT.EXE
SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (CONTOSO1)
MSSQLFDLauncher
MSSQLFDLauncher$CONTOSO1
fdlauncher.exe
SQL Server Integration Services 10.0
MsDtsServer100