Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices 9.0.20

About

Supports using Windows Services with the hosting infrastructure.

Key Features

  • Can configure a host to be a Windows Service.

How to Use

From a Worker Service app created using the Visual Studio template:

IHost host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
    .ConfigureServices(services =>
    {
        services.AddHostedService<Worker>();
    })
    // Configure as a Windows Service
    .UseWindowsService(options =>
    {
        options.ServiceName = "My Service";
    })
    .Build();

host.Run();

Main Types

The main types provided by this library are:

  • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServiceLifetimeHostBuilderExtensions
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices.WindowsServiceLifetime

Additional Documentation

  • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
  • System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.

No packages depend on Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices.

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=799421

.NET Framework 4.6.2

.NET Standard 2.1

.NET Standard 2.0

.NET 9.0

.NET 8.0

Version Downloads Last updated
11.0.0-rc.1.26425.128 3 09/09/2026
11.0.0-preview.7.26381.103 17 08/12/2026
11.0.0-preview.6.26359.118 22 07/15/2026
11.0.0-preview.5.26302.115 27 06/10/2026
11.0.0-preview.4.26230.115 39 05/13/2026
11.0.0-preview.3.26207.106 47 04/14/2026
11.0.0-preview.2.26159.112 50 03/12/2026
11.0.0-preview.1.26104.118 51 02/11/2026
10.0.12 1 09/10/2026
10.0.11 8 08/12/2026
10.0.10 15 07/15/2026
10.0.9 21 06/10/2026
10.0.8 23 05/13/2026
10.0.7 37 04/21/2026
10.0.6 37 04/14/2026
10.0.5 43 03/13/2026
10.0.4 47 03/12/2026
10.0.3 47 02/11/2026
10.0.2 56 01/13/2026
10.0.1 70 12/09/2025
10.0.0 98 11/11/2025
10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107 111 10/15/2025
10.0.0-rc.1.25451.107 97 09/11/2025
10.0.0-preview.7.25380.108 108 08/14/2025
10.0.0-preview.6.25358.103 112 07/16/2025
10.0.0-preview.5.25277.114 99 06/06/2025
10.0.0-preview.4.25258.110 115 05/16/2025
10.0.0-preview.3.25171.5 119 04/11/2025
10.0.0-preview.2.25163.2 121 03/31/2025
10.0.0-preview.1.25080.5 153 03/31/2025
9.0.20 1 09/10/2026
9.0.19 10 08/12/2026
9.0.18 17 07/15/2026
9.0.17 20 06/10/2026
9.0.16 24 05/13/2026
9.0.15 42 04/14/2026
9.0.14 32 03/12/2026
9.0.13 45 02/11/2026
9.0.12 63 01/13/2026
9.0.11 87 11/11/2025
9.0.10 83 10/15/2025
9.0.9 106 09/11/2025
9.0.8 97 08/05/2025
9.0.7 112 07/09/2025
9.0.6 87 06/10/2025
9.0.5 118 05/17/2025
9.0.4 118 04/10/2025
9.0.3 129 03/29/2025
9.0.2 123 03/29/2025
9.0.1 127 03/29/2025
9.0.0 138 11/14/2024
9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5 120 10/22/2024
9.0.0-rc.1.24431.7 116 09/20/2024
9.0.0-preview.7.24405.7 126 08/22/2024
9.0.0-preview.6.24327.7 143 07/23/2024
9.0.0-preview.5.24306.7 153 07/23/2024
9.0.0-preview.4.24266.19 138 07/23/2024
9.0.0-preview.3.24172.9 140 07/21/2024
9.0.0-preview.2.24128.5 139 07/23/2024
9.0.0-preview.1.24080.9 143 07/23/2024
8.0.1 140 10/22/2024
8.0.0 152 04/17/2024
8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6 146 07/23/2024
8.0.0-rc.1.23419.4 152 07/23/2024
8.0.0-preview.7.23375.6 139 07/23/2024
8.0.0-preview.6.23329.7 139 07/23/2024
8.0.0-preview.5.23280.8 160 07/20/2024
8.0.0-preview.4.23259.5 132 07/23/2024
8.0.0-preview.3.23174.8 152 07/23/2024
8.0.0-preview.2.23128.3 152 07/21/2024
8.0.0-preview.1.23110.8 150 07/23/2024
7.0.1 148 07/23/2024
7.0.0 126 07/23/2024
7.0.0-rc.2.22472.3 148 07/22/2024
7.0.0-rc.1.22426.10 139 07/23/2024
7.0.0-preview.7.22375.6 143 07/23/2024
7.0.0-preview.6.22324.4 149 07/18/2024
7.0.0-preview.5.22301.12 163 07/23/2024
7.0.0-preview.4.22229.4 142 07/22/2024
7.0.0-preview.3.22175.4 141 07/22/2024
7.0.0-preview.2.22152.2 145 07/23/2024
7.0.0-preview.1.22076.8 154 07/23/2024
6.0.3 136 11/14/2024
6.0.2 144 07/23/2024
6.0.1 149 07/23/2024
6.0.0 147 07/23/2024
6.0.0-rc.2.21480.5 146 07/23/2024
6.0.0-rc.1.21451.13 147 07/23/2024
6.0.0-preview.7.21377.19 149 07/18/2024
6.0.0-preview.6.21352.12 143 07/23/2024
6.0.0-preview.5.21301.5 137 07/23/2024
6.0.0-preview.4.21253.7 155 07/23/2024
6.0.0-preview.3.21201.4 135 07/23/2024
6.0.0-preview.2.21154.6 146 07/23/2024
5.0.1 162 07/18/2024
5.0.0 141 07/23/2024
5.0.0-rc.2.20478.4 142 07/23/2024
5.0.0-rc.1.20451.7 151 07/23/2024
5.0.0-preview.8.20407.3 147 07/23/2024
5.0.0-preview.7.20365.4 153 07/23/2024
5.0.0-preview.6.20306.1 136 07/23/2024
5.0.0-preview.5.20278.3 149 07/20/2024
5.0.0-preview.4.20251.2 151 07/23/2024
5.0.0-preview.3.20215.2 141 07/21/2024
5.0.0-preview.2.20160.3 151 07/21/2024
5.0.0-preview.1.20120.4 134 07/23/2024
3.1.32 152 07/23/2024
3.1.31 144 07/23/2024
3.1.30 140 07/18/2024
3.1.29 152 07/23/2024
3.1.28 141 07/23/2024
3.1.27 159 07/23/2024
3.1.26 164 07/23/2024
3.1.25 154 07/22/2024
3.1.24 148 07/23/2024
3.1.23 157 07/23/2024
3.1.22 157 07/23/2024
3.1.21 145 07/23/2024
3.1.20 153 07/23/2024
3.1.19 147 07/23/2024
3.1.18 155 07/23/2024
3.1.17 145 07/23/2024
3.1.16 144 07/23/2024
3.1.15 149 07/22/2024
3.1.14 137 07/23/2024
3.1.13 151 07/23/2024
3.1.12 156 07/23/2024
3.1.11 133 07/23/2024
3.1.10 141 07/23/2024
3.1.9 154 07/23/2024
3.1.8 134 07/23/2024
3.1.7 167 07/23/2024
3.1.6 158 07/23/2024
3.1.5 156 07/23/2024
3.1.4 143 07/19/2024
3.1.3 154 07/23/2024
3.1.2 158 07/23/2024
3.1.1 151 07/23/2024
3.1.0 146 07/23/2024
3.1.0-preview3.19553.2 138 07/23/2024
3.1.0-preview2.19525.4 145 07/23/2024
3.1.0-preview1.19506.1 152 07/23/2024
3.0.3 143 07/23/2024
3.0.2 131 07/23/2024
3.0.1 153 07/23/2024
3.0.0 149 07/23/2024
3.0.0-rc1.19456.10 138 07/23/2024
3.0.0-preview9.19423.4 146 07/23/2024
3.0.0-preview8.19405.4 141 07/23/2024
3.0.0-preview7.19362.4 150 07/22/2024
3.0.0-preview6.19304.6 144 07/20/2024
3.0.0-preview5.19227.9 130 07/23/2024
3.0.0-preview4.19216.2 141 07/23/2024
3.0.0-preview3.19153.1 159 07/23/2024