You may have noticed on your newly installed Skype for Business Edge Servers that not all services are listed as running when a Get-CsWindowsService command is run. This in general is a little concerning and should cause an alarm for most…

However, as it turns out, FabricHostSvc showing up as Stopped in the service list is not only expected, but has been this way since Lync 2013. The difference – the cmdlet Get-CsWindowService filtered out the FabricHostSvc on non-Front End servers on 2013 and it does not on Skype for Business. So why is the service even installed? Sometimes there are no answers to why questions and in this case we can safely ignore the service and move on.

PS C:\> Get-CsWindowsService

Status       Name                         ActivityLevel
------           ----                               -------------
Running  REPLICA
Running  RTCCLSAGT
Stopped  FabricHostSvc
Running  RTCSRV                   Incoming Requests per Second=0,Messages in Server=0,Incoming Messages Held=0
Running  RTCDATAPROXY   Server Connections Currently Active=84
Running  RTCMRAUTH          Current Requests=0
Running  RTCMEDIARELAY Active Sessions=16
Running  RTCXMPPTGWPX