= aspnetcore-0.0"  An ASP.NET Core app can be hosted on Windows as a [Windows Service](/dotnet/framework/windows-services/introduction-to-windows-service-applications) without using IIS. When hosted as a Windows Service, the app automatically starts after server reboots.  [View or download sample code](https://github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs/tree/master/aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/windows-service/samples) ([how to download](xref:index#how-to-download-a-sample))  ## Prerequisites  * [ASP.NET Core SDK 0.0 or later](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download) * [PowerShell 0.0 or later](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell)  ## 