Get the Identity of the Profile Service Application

Solution: Use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet.

To get a specific instance of a metadata service application, you need the identity of the service application. The Set-SPProfileServiceApplication cmdlet requires an Identity parameter, but no Get-SPProfileServiceApplication cmdlet exists. Therefore, you need to use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet to display all service applications and find the User Profile Service. Listing 14.1 shows the command line without any parameters.

Listing 14.1. Displaying the List of Service Applications

Get-SPServiceApplication