PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Share a Service Application

Scenario/Problem: You need to make a service application available outside of the local farm.

Solution: Use the Publish-SPServiceApplication cmdlet with a service application variable.

The Publish-SPServiceApplication cmdlet enables you to make a specific service application available outside the current farm. Use this in conjunction with the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet (explained in a previous section), as shown in Listing 6.5.

Listing 6.5. Example Configuration Script for Sharing a Service Application

$sApp = Get-SPServiceApplication -Identity bc4399ed-a2e0-4397-bf07-cd3d207e630ePublish-SPServiceApplication $sApp

Tip

You can provide a help page link (URL) using the -Infolink parameter with the Publish-SPServiceApplication ...