Get-SPServiceInstance Archives

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.

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Run below powershell command to get all services instances

Get-SPServiceInstance | Sort TypeName

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powershell command to get a specific service instance below

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

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start specific service instance powershell command as below

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

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stop instance in sharepoint using powershell command mentioned below

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

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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

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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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Watch the video to get step by step, more in detail

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Service Applications in SharePoint

Service Applications in SharePoint are associated with web applications, and specific services are typically deployed as needed in a particular farm. Only deployed services are referred to as service applications. This is a huge advantage in terms of conserving resources and optimizing performance. For instance, a specific web application can be configured to use only the services it needs. The number of service applications that exist is vast, and, as third-party vendors can create their own services for SharePoint Server. A list of services includes the following:

You can set up a single service application to be shared among multiple web applications or deploy multiple instances of the same service across a farm and, in some cases, across multiple farms. Also, there is no limitation regarding the number of services that can be deployed in any single farm. A typical planning scenario requires that you either set up services to share across multiple web applications or isolate an individual service to one or a limited number of web applications. We can publish below service applications across the farm.

Business Data Connectivity

Machine Translation

Managed Metadata

User Profile

Secure Store

Navigate to “Central Admin -> Application Management ->Manage Service Applications” and click on “New” from ribbon to see the list of service applications available.