Exchange 2003 service names

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I needed to do some development work on Microsoft Exchange 2003 server (reading e-mails and so on), and noticed that it would be great if I could quickly start and stop the services from the command-line. As I previously wrote about starting and stopping SQL Server services, I thought I'd use the same technique when working with Exchange.

The only trouble was getting the service names. Luckily, a command 'sc query | find "SERVICE_NAME"' revealed the service names, except one. The list of services you need are:

SERVICE_NAME: MSExchangeIS
SERVICE_NAME: MSExchangeMGMT
SERVICE_NAME: MSExchangeSA
SERVICE_NAME: RESvc

By using the "sc" command you can easily start and stop these services. Once you know their names, that is!