What does 'Dell Foundation Services' do?

Question

Can anyone tell me what this software is used for? It came preinstalled on a laptop and all I can seem to find about it from Dell are some driver patch notes that says it is for

facilitating customer serviceability, messaging and support functions.

which is pretty vague.

Solution

According to Should I Remove It;

Dell Foundation Services is a program developed by Dell. The most used version is 2.1.125.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The main program executable is DCF.Agent.exe. The software installer includes 45 files and is usually about 2.53 MB (2,653,600 bytes). Dell.Tribbles.SelfUpdate.Configuration.dll is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 8 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 73% of users of Dell Foundation Services come from the United States, it is also popular in Brazil and Canada.

It is safe to disable the service to regain resources it is using.