Special Edition Using Microsoft® SharePoint Portal Server

Starting and Stopping Services

From time to time, it may be necessary to start or stop services associated with SharePoint Portal Server. For example, as stated in the earlier section on Exchange Server, when you change the Exchange user account that SharePoint Portal Server uses to access an Exchange Server, you need to stop and restart the MSSearch service. To that end, we cautioned our readers, as simply stopping and restarting the services will have an impact on other applications or services if performed carelessly. We also noted that if you run SharePoint Portal Server along with Exchange Server on the same computer, stopping the MSSearch service during peak production hours will impact your Exchange operations, negatively impacting your ...