title Description Property (SqlService Class) | Microsoft Docs ms.custom ms.date 06/13/2017 ms.prod sql-server-2014 ms.reviewer ms.technology wmi ms.topic reference api_name Description Property (SqlService Class) api_location sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof topic_type apiref helpviewer_keywords Description property ms.assetid 0baf050e-7dde-496e-a8b6-da43e6448a09 author CarlRabeler ms.author carlrab manager craigg Description Property (SqlService Class) Gets a description of the referenced service. Syntax object .Description [= value] Parts object A SqlService Class object that represents the service. Property Value/Return Value A string value that contains a textual description of the referenced service. Remarks See Also Starting and Stopping Services