Windows Services: A Technical Look at Windows 11 and Server 2022 Part 1

Windows Services are critical software carefully designed to provide the functionality to applications, network services, and the operating system. Windows Services are *.dll files often executed in a “service host” process called svchost.exe Windows services are vectors of attack by malicious actors attempting to gain privilege elevation on the operating system. We will look at how services are authenticated; privileges are restricted and run in a unique session environment. A review of the tools to interact with services, including GUI, command-line, and PowerShell. We will focus on security in part 1 and part 2 on practical concepts and troubleshooting. Please consider becoming a channel member: • you get an early viewing of all our video content • access to the complete series of videos for each subject • links to video notes and PowerPoint slide deck both in MS-Word and PDF format • Our eBook and resources folder • Join our channel membership, it’s $2.99/month); see th