can a program become a windows service?

i have a very basic client server program in c++ console application where the client sends a message to the server, the server accepts the message and echoes it back to the client.

can the server become an application that runs as a service and still echo back the clients messages?

can someone please link some tutorials for creating a windows service?
thanks for the link. can you answer my first question?

can the server become an application that runs as a service and still echo back the clients messages?
The answer would be yes.
any suggestions on how i could do it?
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