Milestone Recording Server service

A vital part of the surveillance system. Video streams are only transferred to your system while the Recording Server service is running.

Milestone Image Server service

Provides access to the surveillance system for users who log in with XProtect Smart Client.

Note: If the Image Server service is configured in Windows Services to log in with another account than the Local System account, for example as a domain user, installed XProtect Smart Clients on other computers than the surveillance server itself cannot log in to the server using the server's host name. Instead, those users must enter the server's IP address.

Milestone Image Import service

Used for fetching pre- and post-alarm images, and storing the fetched images in camera databases.

Pre- and post-alarm images is a feature available for selected cameras only that enables sending of images from immediately before and after an event took place from the camera to the surveillance system via e-mail. Pre- and post-alarm images should not be confused with the system's pre- and post-recording feature.

Milestone Log Check service

Performs integrity checks on your system's log files.

Milestone Event Server service

Manages all alarms and map-related communication. It stores events, image files and map configurations, and makes status information about the surveillance system available.

Notification server service

Manages sending email or SMS notifications from the system to users.

XProtect Mobile service

Manages the communication between the Recording Server and mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) and between the Recording Server and web browsers.