<div class="content"><p> </p><p>The IsServiceReady method determines whether a service is
finished initializing. Until the service initialization completes, an
application SHOULD NOT call any method other than <span><a href="9d6cde8c-d2ca-4ffc-832e-5f6db55c9e5e" data-linktype="relative-path">GetProperties</a></span>.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_71"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 71" href="6b2552ee-ba27-409f-99a8-18841573327a#Appendix_A_71" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;71&gt;</a></p><dl>
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<div><pre> HRESULT IsServiceReady();
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</dd></dl><p>This method has no parameters.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>The method MUST return zero or
a non-error <span><a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_799103ab-b3cb-4eab-8c55-322821b2b235" data-linktype="relative-path">HRESULT</a></span> (as
specified in <span><a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a></span>)
to indicate success, or return an implementation-specific nonzero error code to
indicate failure. For the HRESULT values predefined by the Virtual Disk Service
Remote Protocol, see section <span><a href="5102cc53-3143-4268-ba4c-6ea39e999ab4" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2.3</a></span>.</p></div>