<div class="content" name="Introduction" uuid="8c9ac3a2-5101-4e45-b8a3-80282a8c3336"><p>The Service Control Manager Remote Protocol is a <span><a href="4f66d32e-2f4f-4482-998e-e5ccbb445223#gt_8a7f6700-8311-45bc-af10-82e10accd331" data-linktype="relative-path">remote
procedure call (RPC)</a></span>–based client/server protocol that is used for
remotely managing the <span><a href="4f66d32e-2f4f-4482-998e-e5ccbb445223#gt_afc3f782-a908-486d-9c05-8a054cd9cc84" data-linktype="relative-path">Service Control Manager (SCM)</a></span>.
The SCM is an RPC server that enables service configuration and control of <span><a href="4f66d32e-2f4f-4482-998e-e5ccbb445223#gt_2dc07ca2-2b40-437e-a5ec-ed28ebfb116a" data-linktype="relative-path">service</a></span>
programs. For more information, see <span><a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90701" data-linktype="external">[MSDN-WINSVC]</a></span>.</p><p>Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are
normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are
informative.</p></div>