SharePoint 2013 Server Search status stuck on “Starting” 13 December 2020 Dave-Stuart SharePoint 2013 This was the fix. Open SharePoint PowerShell as Administrator Run this Get-SPServiceInstance -All > Get-SPServiceInstance.txt It will export all Services to the text file un C:\Users\[Username]\ Get-SPServiceInstance.txt Find the GUID for the Search Service. It was c0220b13-8093-4240-91e4-8427a68e8c0c Run the following 3 commands $value = Get-SPServiceInstance -Identity c0220b13-8093-4240-91e4-8427a68e8c0c $value.provision() $value.update() Reboot the SharePoint Server. Check that the Incremental Search has started!