You can configure the server to run as a service under Microsoft Windows, and configure it to start automatically if desired.

Download the JavaService package from http://forge.objectweb.org/projects/javaservice/.

Unzip the package and use the JBossInstall.bat file to install the JBoss service. You must set the JAVA_HOME and JBOSS_HOME environment variables to point to the jdk and jboss-as directories before running JBossInstall.bat. Run JBossInstall.bat with the following syntax:

JBossInstall.bat <depends> [-auto | -manual]

Where <depends> is the name of any service that the JBoss AS server depends on, such as the mysql database service.

Once the service is installed the server can be started by using the command net start JBoss, and stopped with the command net stop JBoss.

Please refer to the documentation included in the JavaService package for further information.