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Hosting in a Windows Service is available from Tax Balance 23.x.xin an upcoming version.

  1. Obtain the installation resources of Tax Balance. Usually this is an archive with the file extension (.nupkg).

  2. Extract the archive to a desired location on the file system of the machine that will host Tax Balance. We will refer to that location as <tax-balance-install-directory>.

  3. Use PowerShell (Version 6 or later) to register a service. From an administrative PowerShell command shell execute the following command:

    Code Block
    languagepowershell
    New-Service
      -Name "Tax Balance"
      -BinaryPathName "<tax-balance-install-directory>\AMANA.SmartTaxBalance.Web.Api.exe"
      -Credential "<tax-balance-user>"
      -Description "Tax Balance Web Application"
      -Description "Tax Balance" 
      -StartupType Automatic

    Replacing <tax-balance-install-directory> with the location of the exctracted installation resources.
    Replacing <tax-balance-user> with a Service user account, e.g., Local Service Account or a Custom domain account.
    Learn more about permissions required for the Tax Balance Windows Service or using a Managed Service Account.

  4. Continue with Configure Tax Balance

  5. Start the service with the following PowerShell 6 command:

    Code Block
    languagepowershell
    Start-Service -Name "Tax Balance"