SPPublishServiceApplication

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Name	Key	string	The name of the service application to publish
Ensure	Write	string	Present to ensure it runs on this server, or absent to ensure it is stopped	Present, Absent
InstallAccount	Write	String	POWERSHELL 4 ONLY: The account to run this resource as, use PsDscRunAsCredential if using PowerShell 5

Description

This resource is used to specify if a specific service application should be published (Ensure = "Present") or not published (Ensure = "Absent") on the current server. The name is the display name of the service application as shown in the Central Admin website.

You can publish the following service applications in a SharePoint Server 2013/2016 farm:

• Business Data Connectivity
• Machine Translation
• Managed Metadata
• User Profile
• Search
• Secure Store

Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621100(v=office.15).aspx

Examples

Example 1

This example shows how to ensure that the managed metadata service is published within the farm.

Configuration Example 
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $SetupAccount
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName SharePointDsc

    node localhost {
        SPPublishServiceApplication PublishManagedMetadataServiceApp
        {  
            Name           = "Managed Metadata Service Application"
            Ensure         = "Present"
            InstallAccount = $SetupAccount
        }
    }
}

Example 2

This example shows how to ensure that the Secure Store Service is not published within the farm.

Configuration Example 
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $SetupAccount
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName SharePointDsc

    node localhost {
        SPPublishServiceApplication UnpublishSecureStoreServiceApp
        {  
            Name           = "Secure Store Service Application"
            Ensure         = "Absent"
            InstallAccount = $SetupAccount
        }
    }
}