Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Start User Profile Synchronization Service using PowerShell

How to start User Profile Synchronization Service using PowerShell?


Open SharePoint Management Shell.

Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object {$_.TypeName -eq 'User Profile Synchronization Service'}

Using this powershell commandlet you can get GUID details.


Start-SPServiceInstance –Identity  GUID of the Service application


Sometimes your User Profile Synchronization service might stuck in “Starting” due to some issues in Synchronization. To Stop that service, use the below command

Stop-SPServiceInstance –Identity  GUID of the Service application

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