How to manage sharepoint service instance using powershell ? You can manage service instance in like starting service instance, stopping service instance. If sharepoint service stuck unprovisioning or provisioning, you have to use powershell to resolve the error. You can remove delete instance mostly search service instance by getting service instance id or using get-spserviceinstance by name powershell command. Status of serivice instance will change to disabled or online after running powershell. you can unprovision duplicate service instances by identifying instance id using powershell.

Run below powershell command to get all services instances

Get-SPServiceInstance | Sort TypeName

powershell command to get a specific service instance below

Get-SPServiceInstance -Identity 431394e7-df13-4784-af78-719789210fdc # GUID of User Profile Service

start specific service instance powershell command as below

Start-SPServiceInstance -Identity 431394e7-df13-4784-af78-719789210fdc # GUID of User Profile Service

stop instance in sharepoint using powershell command mentioned below

Stop-SPServiceInstance -Identity 431394e7-df13-4784-af78-719789210fdc # GUID of User Profile Service

provision/start – service instance

you can provision or start service instance running any one of the powershell command mentioned below

Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object {$_.TypeName -eq "User Profile Service"} | select Status, Id

Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object {$_.Id -eq "431394e7-df13-4784-af78-719789210fdc"} # GUID of User Profile Service

Get-SPServiceInstance | where {$_.Status -eq "online" -and $_.TypeName -eq "User Profile Service" } | Sort TypeName | Format-Table TypeName,Id,Server

unprovision/stop – service instance

you can unprovision or stop sevice instance using any one of the commands below

$srvc = Get-SPServiceInstance “431394e7-df13-4784-af78-719789210fdc” # GUID of User Profile Service
$srvc.Unprovision()

$srvc = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server WIN-56R9D2TBFOB | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq “User Profile Service”}
$srvc.Unprovision()

Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object {$_.Id -eq "431394e7-df13-4784-af78-719789210fdc"} | Stop-SPServiceInstance | Format-Table -AutoSize # GUID of User Profile Service

Get-SPServiceInstance -Server WIN-56R9D2TBFOB | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq “User Profile Service”} | Stop-SPServiceInstance -confirm:$false > $null

You can get more details related to service application in sharepoint from the link “Service Applications in SharePoint“

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