Service Application created using Powershell only

This Article will be focused on the service application in SharePoint 2013 which we can’t create by going to Central Admin > Application Management > Manage Service Application > Click New.

We will be covering the service applications that are created using PowerShell or using a different method.

Below is the list of Service application that we can easily create from GUI (Central Admin > Application Management > Manage Service Application > Click New.)

•          App Management Service (new in 2013)
•          Business Data Connectivity Service
•          Excel Service Application
•          Managed Metadata Service
•          Performance Point Service Application
•          Search Service Application
•          Secure Store Service
•          Machine Translation Services (new in 2013)
•          User Profile Service Application
•          Visio Graphics Service
•          Word Automation Services
•          Access Services App databases (new) (2010 and 2013)
•       Work Management Service Application

We won’t we talking about the above-mentioned Service application.

The service application we going to created/install are listed below:

• PowerPoint Automation Services
•  State Service
•  Subscription settings
•  Usage and health Data Collection

There are two ways of creating/ installing these apps

1.      Using Farm Configuration Wizards

2.      PowerShell

Let’s start with the first option.

•  On the Central Administration, click Configuration Wizards
•  Click on “Launch the Farm Configuration Wizard”

•  On Farm Configuration wizard, click on Start the wizard

•  On the services configuration page, in the Services section, select the Service mentioned above.
•   Click Next.
•  Complete any other configuration steps for the server farm.
•  On the final page of the Farm Configuration Wizard, click Finish.

Let’s talk about the second option which is PowerShell.

Make sure you run SharePoint Management Shell as an Administrator.

•  PowerPoint Automation Services

New-SPPowerPointConversionServiceApplication -Name "PowerPoint Automation Service Application" -ApplicationPool "App Pool name"

# PowerPoint Automation Service Proxy

New-SPPowerPointConversionServiceApplicationProxy -Name "PowerPoint Automation Service Application Proxy" -ServiceApplication "PowerPoint Automation Service Application" AddtoDefaultGroup

• State Service

$serviceApp = New-SPStateServiceApplication -Name “State Service Application”

 New-SPStateServiceDatabase -Name “SharePoint_Service_State” -ServiceApplication $serviceApp

   #State Service Proxy

 New-SPStateServiceApplicationProxy -Name “State Service Application Proxy” -ServiceApplication $serviceApp -DefaultProxyGroup

•  Subscription settings

New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplication -ApplicationPool “SharePoint Web Services Default” -Name “Subscription Settings Service Application” -DatabaseName “SubscriptionSettingsDB” | New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplicationProxy

•  Usage and health Data Collection

New-SPUsageApplication -Name "Usage and Health Data Collection"

$proxy = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy | where {$_.TypeName -eq "Usage and Health Data Collection Proxy"}

$proxy.Provision()

Hope it helps.

Let me know in comments if I missed out on any service application

Happy SharePointing J