SharePoint tips - How to identify which is Web Front End and which is App Server?

Ever wonder how to identify the type of serve in your SharePoint Farm?

Easy.

Go to Central Administration à Application Management à Manage Services On Server.

You’ll get a list of services in a grid with an option selection picker to select your server on the top right hand side of the grid.

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Search for the service which titled “Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application”

This service is Started only on Web Front End Servers.

So here’s the logic.

If Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application service is started on a server à That server acts as a Web Front End Server

If Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application service is stopped on a server à That’s your Application Server.