Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices 10.0.1
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.WindowsServiceLifetimeHostBuilderExtensionsMicrosoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices.WindowsServiceLifetime
Additional Documentation
- WindowsServiceLifetime
- WindowsServiceLifetimeHostBuilderExtensions
- Create Windows Service using BackgroundService
- Host ASP.NET Core in a Windows Service
Related Packages
Microsoft.Extensions.HostingSystem.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.
.NET Framework 4.6.2
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.1)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 10.0.1)
.NET 8.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.1)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 10.0.1)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 10.0.1)
.NET 9.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.1)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 10.0.1)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 10.0.1)
.NET 10.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.1)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 10.0.1)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 10.0.1)
.NET Standard 2.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.1)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 10.0.1)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 10.0.1)
.NET Standard 2.1
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.1)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 10.0.1)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 10.0.1)
| Version | Downloads | Last updated |
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| 10.0.1 | 4 | 12/10/2025 |
| 10.0.0 | 0 | 12/11/2025 |
| 10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107 | 0 | 10/14/2025 |
| 10.0.0-rc.1.25451.107 | 0 | 09/09/2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.7.25380.108 | 0 | 08/12/2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.6.25358.103 | 0 | 07/15/2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.5.25277.114 | 0 | 06/06/2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.4.25258.110 | 0 | 05/12/2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.3.25171.5 | 0 | 04/10/2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.2.25163.2 | 0 | 03/18/2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.1.25080.5 | 0 | 02/25/2025 |
| 9.0.11 | 0 | 11/11/2025 |
| 9.0.10 | 0 | 12/09/2025 |
| 9.0.9 | 0 | 09/09/2025 |
| 9.0.8 | 1 | 12/09/2025 |
| 9.0.7 | 0 | 12/10/2025 |
| 9.0.6 | 0 | 06/10/2025 |
| 9.0.5 | 0 | 05/13/2025 |
| 9.0.4 | 0 | 04/08/2025 |
| 9.0.3 | 1 | 12/11/2025 |
| 9.0.2 | 0 | 02/11/2025 |
| 9.0.1 | 0 | 12/11/2025 |
| 9.0.0 | 0 | 11/12/2024 |
| 9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5 | 0 | 10/08/2024 |
| 9.0.0-rc.1.24431.7 | 0 | 12/13/2025 |
| 9.0.0-preview.7.24405.7 | 0 | 08/13/2024 |
| 9.0.0-preview.6.24327.7 | 0 | 07/09/2024 |
| 9.0.0-preview.5.24306.7 | 0 | 06/11/2024 |
| 9.0.0-preview.4.24266.19 | 0 | 12/10/2025 |
| 9.0.0-preview.3.24172.9 | 0 | 04/11/2024 |
| 9.0.0-preview.2.24128.5 | 0 | 03/12/2024 |
| 9.0.0-preview.1.24080.9 | 0 | 02/13/2024 |
| 8.0.1 | 0 | 12/13/2025 |
| 8.0.0 | 0 | 12/11/2025 |
| 8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6 | 0 | 10/10/2023 |
| 8.0.0-rc.1.23419.4 | 0 | 09/12/2023 |
| 8.0.0-preview.7.23375.6 | 0 | 08/08/2023 |
| 8.0.0-preview.6.23329.7 | 0 | 07/11/2023 |
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| 8.0.0-preview.2.23128.3 | 0 | 12/11/2025 |
| 8.0.0-preview.1.23110.8 | 0 | 02/21/2023 |
| 7.0.1 | 0 | 12/10/2025 |
| 7.0.0 | 0 | 11/07/2022 |
| 7.0.0-rc.2.22472.3 | 0 | 10/11/2022 |
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| 6.0.1 | 0 | 12/13/2025 |
| 6.0.0 | 0 | 11/08/2021 |
| 6.0.0-rc.2.21480.5 | 0 | 10/12/2021 |
| 6.0.0-rc.1.21451.13 | 0 | 09/14/2021 |
| 6.0.0-preview.7.21377.19 | 0 | 12/11/2025 |
| 6.0.0-preview.6.21352.12 | 0 | 07/14/2021 |
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| 6.0.0-preview.2.21154.6 | 0 | 03/11/2021 |
| 5.0.1 | 0 | 12/10/2025 |
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| 5.0.0-rc.2.20478.4 | 0 | 12/10/2025 |
| 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.7 | 0 | 09/14/2020 |
| 5.0.0-preview.8.20407.3 | 2 | 12/10/2025 |
| 5.0.0-preview.7.20365.4 | 0 | 12/12/2025 |
| 5.0.0-preview.6.20306.1 | 0 | 06/25/2020 |
| 5.0.0-preview.5.20278.3 | 0 | 06/10/2020 |
| 5.0.0-preview.4.20251.2 | 0 | 05/18/2020 |
| 5.0.0-preview.3.20215.2 | 0 | 04/23/2020 |
| 5.0.0-preview.2.20160.3 | 0 | 04/02/2020 |
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| 3.1.32 | 0 | 12/13/2022 |
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| 3.0.0-rc1.19456.10 | 0 | 09/16/2019 |
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| 3.0.0-preview3.19153.1 | 0 | 03/06/2019 |