Onboarding managed application services

You can onboard managed Windows services and Windows Task Scheduler tasks by using service center or by loading managed instances from a CSV file.

• Onboard Windows services by adding application services individually.
  1. Open Service Center.
  2. Click Manage Applications.
  3. Select an instance for application services. If the Windows service management agent is not yet set up, see Registering a service management agent on a designated Windows host.
  4. Click Create.
  5. Specify the following information for the service:

     Table 1. Onboarding managed application services.

     Type	Description
     Windows service	Name Specifies a name for the service. Host Specifies the host where the service is running on. Service short name Specifies a short name for the service. The name must match the name of the Windows service. Service display name Specifies the displayed name associated with the service. This field is a descriptive name for the service. Notify email (Optional) Specifies the email addresses that receive email notifications. Even if no email addresses are specified, the person who registers the service management agent is always notified. Separate multiple email addresses with a comma (,). Credential (Optional) Specifies the managed credential that you want to associate with the service. After configuration Specifies the action to take on the service after configuration. Restart If the Windows service credential for a service is changed, and the service is currently running, the following actions take place: The service is stopped. The credential for the service is changed. The service is started. If the service is not running, the credential is changed, but the service is not started. Do nothing The credential for the service is changed. The state of the service is not changed.
     Windows scheduled task	Name Specifies a name for the scheduled task. Host Specifies the host where the Windows task is running on. Target unique name Specifies a short name for the task. The name must match the name of the Windows scheduled task. Target display name Specifies the displayed name associated with the task. This field is a descriptive name for the task. Notify email (Optional) Specifies the email addresses that receive email notifications. If no email addresses are specified, the domain administrator is still notified. Separate multiple email addresses with a comma (,). Credential (Optional) Specifies the managed credential that you want to associate with the task.

• Onboard Windows services in bulk from a CSV file. See Uploading a CSV file for application services with Service Center.
  1. Prepare the CSV file.
     Note: You can use the discover-services command to discover available services on computers and save the results to a CSV file.

     To learn more about the CSV file format and columns, see #ManagedInstances type identifier column headers.

  2. Upload the CSV file.