Auth Service, or AuthService, is the service name of the executable file called authserver.exe, and a part of the program Auth Service, which is developed by Nimbus Directory Services, also known as Nimbus DS. Auth Service is a type of software that is designed as simple, lightweight JSON service that is used to authenticate and provision users over the Internet. It is also made to work with different LDAP v3 compatible director as a back-end user store, and supports provisioning of details of some selected users. To simplify this, it is used from different web applications, or as part of the SSO, which is the abbreviation of Single Sign-On arrangement. As a core component, authserver.exe is a type of module that does not only execute its own function, but also launches other processes, and completes the software. Other than that, authserver.exe is essential and must not be terminated or stopped, unless it is causing errors that affect or slow down the performance of the computer system.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. authserver.exe. is used by Auth Service or AuthService, If you shut down authserver.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop authserver.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Auth Service or AuthService, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed authserver.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Auth Service or AuthService, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if authserver.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that authserver.exe, belongs to, in this case Auth Service or AuthService