Introduction
The following document describe all Forefront Protection for SharePoint (FPSP) 2010 services and they role in the architecture
By default in the Server Security Views Dashboard you will see only 4 services:
But under the hood there are 5 core services:
In the following section we will summaries each service
1. Service name: FSCController
Display name: Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Controller
Description: Starts and manages scan jobs and applies engine updates.
Path to executable:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Protection for SharePoint\FSCController.exe"
Startup type: Automatic
Log On As: Local System
Dependencies:
This service dedpends to the following system components:
Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Eventing Service
Netlogon
2. Service name: FSSPController
Display name: Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Controller for SharePoint
Description: Retrieves required settings from SharePoint. This service must run under an account that can access SharePoint.
Path to executable:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Protection for SharePoint\FSSPController.exe"
Startup type: Manual
Log On As: [admin users]
Dependencies:
None
3. Service name: FSCEventing
Display name: Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Eventing Service
Description: Processes Forefront Server Protection events, including incidents and quarantine logging, and
Path to executable:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Protection for SharePoint\FSCEventing.exe"
Startup type: Manual
Log On As: Metwork Service
Dependencies:
The following system components depends on this server:
Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Controller
4. Service name: FSEMailPickup
Display name: Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Mail Pickup Service
Description: Delivers messages generated by Forefront Server Protection, such as notifications, for mail delivery.
Path to executable:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Protection for SharePoint\FSEMailPickup.exe"
Startup type: Manual
Log On As: Metwork Service
Dependencies:
None
5. Service name: FSCVSSWriter
Display name: Microsoft Forefront Server Protection VSS Writer Service
Description: Provides the interface to backup and restore Microsoft Forefront Server Protection products through the Windows VSS infrastructure.
Path to executable:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Protection for SharePoint\fscvsswriter.exe"
Startup type: Manual
Log On As: Local System
Dependencies:
None
