Get a Specific Service Instance

Solution: Use the Get-SPServiceInstance cmdlet to assign a variable to the results using the -Identity parameter.

Providing the identity of the service instance with the Get-SPServiceInstance cmdlet retrieves a specific service instance. Use this to assign the results to an object for use in other cmdlets, as shown in Listing 6.8.

Listing 6.8. Assigning a Variable to a Specific Service Instance

$serviceInst = Get-SPServiceInstance -Identity 5fedc699-7810-4157-9c59-19f7d6e67e38