What are default system services on Windows Server 2016?

On a new Windows Server 2016 system, you should have the following default services.

Run the "Get-Service" PowerShell command to dump a list of all services:

PS C:\fyicenter> get-service

Status   Name               DisplayName                           
------   ----               -----------                           
Stopped  AJRouter           AllJoyn Router Service                
Stopped  ALG                Application Layer Gateway Service     
Stopped  AppIDSvc           Application Identity                  
Running  Appinfo            Application Information               
Running  AppMgmt            Application Management                
Stopped  AppReadiness       App Readiness                         
Stopped  AppVClient         Microsoft App-V Client                
Stopped  AppXSvc            AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC)     
Stopped  AudioEndpointBu... Windows Audio Endpoint Builder        
Stopped  Audiosrv           Windows Audio                         
Stopped  AxInstSV           ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV)          
Stopped  BDESVC             BitLocker Drive Encryption Service    
Running  BFE                Base Filtering Engine                 
Stopped  BITS               Background Intelligent Transfer Ser...
Running  BrokerInfrastru... Background Tasks Infrastructure Ser...
Stopped  bthserv            Bluetooth Support Service             
Running  CDPSvc             Connected Devices Platform Service    
Running  CDPUserSvc_2236de  CDPUserSvc_2236de                     
Running  CertPropSvc        Certificate Propagation               
Stopped  ClipSVC            Client License Service (ClipSVC)      
Stopped  COMSysApp          COM+ System Application               
Running  CoreMessagingRe... CoreMessaging                         
Running  CryptSvc           Cryptographic Services                
Stopped  CscService         Offline Files                         
Running  DcomLaunch         DCOM Server Process Launcher          
Stopped  DcpSvc             DataCollectionPublishingService       
Stopped  defragsvc          Optimize drives                       
Stopped  DeviceAssociati... Device Association Service            
Running  DeviceInstall      Device Install Service                
Stopped  DevQueryBroker     DevQuery Background Discovery Broker  
Running  Dhcp               DHCP Client                           
Stopped  diagnosticshub.... Microsoft (R) Diagnostics Hub Stand...
Running  DiagTrack          Connected User Experiences and Tele...
Stopped  DmEnrollmentSvc    Device Management Enrollment Service  
Stopped  dmwappushservice   dmwappushsvc                          
Running  Dnscache           DNS Client                            
Stopped  dot3svc            Wired AutoConfig                      
Running  DPS                Diagnostic Policy Service             
Stopped  DsmSvc             Device Setup Manager                  
Stopped  DsSvc              Data Sharing Service                  
Stopped  Eaphost            Extensible Authentication Protocol    
Stopped  EFS                Encrypting File System (EFS)          
Stopped  embeddedmode       Embedded Mode                         
Stopped  EntAppSvc          Enterprise App Management Service     
Running  EventLog           Windows Event Log                     
Running  EventSystem        COM+ Event System                     
Stopped  fdPHost            Function Discovery Provider Host      
Stopped  FDResPub           Function Discovery Resource Publica...
Running  FontCache          Windows Font Cache Service            
Stopped  FrameServer        Windows Camera Frame Server           
Running  gpsvc              Group Policy Client                   
Stopped  hidserv            Human Interface Device Service        
Stopped  HvHost             HV Host Service                       
Stopped  icssvc             Windows Mobile Hotspot Service        
Stopped  IKEEXT             IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules   
Running  iphlpsvc           IP Helper                             
Running  KeyIso             CNG Key Isolation                     
Stopped  KPSSVC             KDC Proxy Server service (KPS)        
Stopped  KtmRm              KtmRm for Distributed Transaction C...
Running  LanmanServer       Server                                
Running  LanmanWorkstation  Workstation                           
Running  lfsvc              Geolocation Service                   
Stopped  LicenseManager     Windows License Manager Service       
Stopped  lltdsvc            Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper  
Running  lmhosts            TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper                 
Running  LSM                Local Session Manager                 
Stopped  MapsBroker         Downloaded Maps Manager               
Stopped  MozillaMaintenance Mozilla Maintenance Service           
Running  MpsSvc             Windows Firewall                      
Running  MSDTC              Distributed Transaction Coordinator   
Stopped  MSiSCSI            Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service     
Stopped  msiserver          Windows Installer                     
Stopped  NcaSvc             Network Connectivity Assistant        
Running  NcbService         Network Connection Broker             
Stopped  Netlogon           Netlogon                              
Stopped  Netman             Network Connections                   
Running  netprofm           Network List Service                  
Stopped  NetSetupSvc        Network Setup Service                 
Stopped  NetTcpPortSharing  Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service          
Stopped  NgcCtnrSvc         Microsoft Passport Container          
Stopped  NgcSvc             Microsoft Passport                    
Running  NlaSvc             Network Location Awareness            
Running  nsi                Network Store Interface Service       
Running  OneSyncSvc_2236de  Sync Host_2236de                      
Running  PcaSvc             Program Compatibility Assistant Ser...
Stopped  PerfHost           Performance Counter DLL Host          
Stopped  PhoneSvc           Phone Service                         
Stopped  PimIndexMainten... Contact Data_2236de                   
Running  pla                Performance Logs & Alerts             
Running  PlugPlay           Plug and Play                         
Stopped  PolicyAgent        IPsec Policy Agent                    
Running  Power              Power                                 
Stopped  PrintNotify        Printer Extensions and Notifications  
Running  ProfSvc            User Profile Service                  
Stopped  QWAVE              Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
Stopped  RasAuto            Remote Access Auto Connection Manager 
Stopped  RasMan             Remote Access Connection Manager      
Running  RdAgent            RdAgent                               
Stopped  RemoteAccess       Routing and Remote Access             
Stopped  RemoteRegistry     Remote Registry                       
Stopped  RmSvc              Radio Management Service              
Running  RpcEptMapper       RPC Endpoint Mapper                   
Stopped  RpcLocator         Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator   
Running  RpcSs              Remote Procedure Call (RPC)           
Stopped  RSoPProv           Resultant Set of Policy Provider      
Running  sacsvr             Special Administration Console Helper 
Running  SamSs              Security Accounts Manager             
Stopped  SCardSvr           Smart Card                            
Running  ScDeviceEnum       Smart Card Device Enumeration Service 
Running  Schedule           Task Scheduler                        
Stopped  SCPolicySvc        Smart Card Removal Policy             
Running  seclogon           Secondary Logon                       
Running  SENS               System Event Notification Service     
Stopped  SensorDataService  Sensor Data Service                   
Stopped  SensorService      Sensor Service                        
Stopped  SensrSvc           Sensor Monitoring Service             
Running  SessionEnv         Remote Desktop Configuration          
Stopped  SharedAccess       Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)     
Running  ShellHWDetection   Shell Hardware Detection              
Stopped  smphost            Microsoft Storage Spaces SMP          
Stopped  SNMPTRAP           SNMP Trap                             
Running  Spooler            Print Spooler                         
Stopped  sppsvc             Software Protection                   
Running  SSDPSRV            SSDP Discovery                        
Stopped  SstpSvc            Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Se...
Running  StateRepository    State Repository Service              
Stopped  stisvc             Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)       
Stopped  StorSvc            Storage Service                       
Stopped  svsvc              Spot Verifier                         
Stopped  swprv              Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Prov...
Stopped  SysMain            Superfetch                            
Running  SystemEventsBroker System Events Broker                  
Stopped  TabletInputService Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Pane...
Stopped  TapiSrv            Telephony                             
Running  TermService        Remote Desktop Services               
Running  Themes             Themes                                
Stopped  TieringEngineSe... Storage Tiers Management              
Running  tiledatamodelsvc   Tile Data model server                
Running  TimeBrokerSvc      Time Broker                           
Running  TrkWks             Distributed Link Tracking Client      
Stopped  TrustedInstaller   Windows Modules Installer             
Stopped  tzautoupdate       Auto Time Zone Updater                
Running  UALSVC             User Access Logging Service           
Stopped  UevAgentService    User Experience Virtualization Service
Stopped  UI0Detect          Interactive Services Detection        
Running  UmRdpService       Remote Desktop Services UserMode Po...
Stopped  UnistoreSvc_2236de User Data Storage_2236de              
Stopped  upnphost           UPnP Device Host                      
Stopped  UserDataSvc_2236de User Data Access_2236de               
Running  UserManager        User Manager                          
Stopped  UsoSvc             Update Orchestrator Service for Win...
Running  VaultSvc           Credential Manager                    
Stopped  vds                Virtual Disk                          
Stopped  vmicguestinterface Hyper-V Guest Service Interface       
Running  vmicheartbeat      Hyper-V Heartbeat Service             
Running  vmickvpexchange    Hyper-V Data Exchange Service         
Running  vmicrdv            Hyper-V Remote Desktop Virtualizati...
Running  vmicshutdown       Hyper-V Guest Shutdown Service        
Running  vmictimesync       Hyper-V Time Synchronization Service  
Stopped  vmicvmsession      Hyper-V PowerShell Direct Service     
Running  vmicvss            Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor  
Running  VSS                Volume Shadow Copy                    
Running  W32Time            Windows Time                          
Stopped  WalletService      WalletService                         
Stopped  WbioSrvc           Windows Biometric Service             
Running  Wcmsvc             Windows Connection Manager            
Stopped  WdiServiceHost     Diagnostic Service Host               
Stopped  WdiSystemHost      Diagnostic System Host                
Running  WdNisSvc           Windows Defender Network Inspection...
Stopped  Wecsvc             Windows Event Collector               
Stopped  WEPHOSTSVC         Windows Encryption Provider Host Se...
Stopped  wercplsupport      Problem Reports and Solutions Contr...
Stopped  WerSvc             Windows Error Reporting Service       
Stopped  WiaRpc             Still Image Acquisition Events        
Running  WinDefend          Windows Defender Service              
Running  WindowsAzureGue... Windows Azure Guest Agent             
Running  WindowsAzureNet... Windows Azure Network Agent           
Running  WindowsAzureTel... Windows Azure Telemetry Service       
Running  WinHttpAutoProx... WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Se...
Running  Winmgmt            Windows Management Instrumentation    
Running  WinRM              Windows Remote Management (WS-Manag...
Stopped  wisvc              Windows Insider Service               
Stopped  wlidsvc            Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant   
Stopped  wmiApSrv           WMI Performance Adapter               
Stopped  WPDBusEnum         Portable Device Enumerator Service    
Running  WpnService         Windows Push Notifications System S...
Stopped  WpnUserService_... Windows Push Notifications User Ser...
Stopped  WSearch            Windows Search                        
Stopped  wuauserv           Windows Update                        
Stopped  wudfsvc            Windows Driver Foundation - User-mo...

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