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Description:

Stores security information for local user accounts.

This service is responsible for making the connection to the SAM-database (Contains available user-accounts and groups). The SAM-database can either be placed in the local registry or in the Active Directory (If available). When the service has made the connection it announces to the system that the SAM-database is available, so other services can start accessing the SAM-database.

Recommended State:

• Automatic.

Default State:

• Automatic

Process Name:

• lsass.exe (SamSs)

Supports:

• Distributed File System (Win2k3 only)
• Distributed Transaction Coordinator
• HTTP SSL (Win2k3 only)
• Intersite Messaging (Win2k/Win2k3 only)
• KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator (Vista+)
• Server (Vista+)

Depends:

• None