Check if Service Application is Running in SharePoint using PowerShell

Couple of times, I had to get the service application's status prior performing activities such as: Stop and Start the service, Monitoring service application's availability, etc. Here is how we can check if the service application is running / created using PowerShell.

PowerShell script to check service application's status:

Add-PSSnapin microsoft.sharepoint.powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

#Display Name of the Service Application
$DisplayName="Managed Metadata Services"

#Get the Service Application from its Name
$ServiceApp = Get-SPServiceApplication | Where { $_.DisplayName -eq $DisplayName}
    
if($ServiceApp -ne $null)
{
 #get the Service application status
 $ServiceApp.Status
}
else
{
 Write-Host "Service application either not found or not created!"
}

This script gives the service application's current status. You can also get a service application from its type. Here is how:

#Type Name of the Service Application
$TypeName="Managed Metadata Service"

#Get the Service Application from its Type Name
$SeviceApp = Get-SPServiceApplication | Where {$_.TypeName -eq $TypeName}

Here is the Type Name of all service Applications:

Type Name

Access Services Web Service Application

Access Services 2010 Web Service Application

App Management Service Application

Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service Application

Business Data Connectivity Service Application

Excel Services Application Web Service Application

Machine Translation Service

Managed Metadata Service

PerformancePoint Service Application

PowerPoint Conversion Service Application