PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Stop a Service Instance

Scenario/Problem: You need to stop a specific service instance.

Solution: Use the Get-SPServiceInstance cmdlet to assign a variable to the results using the -Identity parameter, and then use Stop-SPServiceInstance using that variable.

The Stop-SPServiceInstance cmdlet stops the specified service on the current server. You can provide the identity directly to the cmdlet or use a variable, as shown in Listing 6.10.

Listing 6.10. Stopping a Service Instance

$serviceInst = Get-SPServiceInstance -Identity 5fedc699-7810-4157-9c59-19f7d6e67e38Stop-SPServiceInstance $serviceInst