Get the Identity of the BCS Service Application
Scenario/Problem: You need to find the identity of the BCS Service Application.
Solution: Use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet.
To get a specific instance of a metadata service application, you need the identity of the service application. The Set-SPBusinessDataCatalogServiceApplication cmdlet requires an Identity parameter, but no Get-SPBusinessDataCatalogServiceApplication cmdlet exists. Therefore, you need to use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet to display all service applications and find the Business Data Connectivity Service. Listing 15.1 shows the command line without any parameters.
Listing 15.1. Displaying the List of Service Applications
Get-SPServiceApplication
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