Sharepoint websites on IIS stopped

Hello,

Last Monday, I noticed that SharePoint and SharePoint Central Administration v4 sites were stopped in IIS on our SharePoint application server.

(We host each SharePoint component on dedicated servers, the application, search, and database servers are all separate.)

SharePoint has continued to work fine since then, no users have reported any issues, and I personally tested it throughout the week without finding any problems.

I’m not sure if it’s normal for these two IIS sites to be stopped, and I’d like to know whether it’s safe to start them again or if they should remain stopped.

Thank you.