SPOSearchResultSource

Parameters

Parameter Attribute DataType Description Allowed Values
Name Key String The Name of the Result Source.
Description Write String Description of the Result Source.
Protocol Required String The protocol of the Result Source. Local, Remote, OpenSearch, Exchange
SourceURL Write String Address of the root site collection of the remote SharePoint farm or Exchange server.
Type Write String Select SharePoint Search Results to search over the entire index. Select People Search Results to enable query processing specific to People Search, such as phonetic name matching or nickname matching. Only people profiles will be returned from a People Search source. SharePoint, People
QueryTransform Write String Change incoming queries to use this new query text instead. Include the incoming query in the new text by using the query variable '{searchTerms}'.
ShowPartialSearch Write Boolean Show partial search or not
UseAutoDiscover Write Boolean Specifies if AutoDiscover should be used for the Exchange Source URL
Ensure Write String Present ensures the Search Result Source exists. Present
Credential Write PSCredential Credentials of the account to authenticate with.
ApplicationId Write String Id of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
ApplicationSecret Write PSCredential Secret of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
TenantId Write String Name of the Azure Active Directory tenant used for authentication. Format contoso.onmicrosoft.com
CertificatePassword Write PSCredential Username can be made up to anything but password will be used for certificatePassword
CertificatePath Write String Path to certificate used in service principal usually a PFX file.
CertificateThumbprint Write String Thumbprint of the Azure Active Directory application's authentication certificate to use for authentication.
ManagedIdentity Write Boolean Managed ID being used for authentication.
AccessTokens Write StringArray[] Access token used for authentication.

Description

This resource allows users to create and monitor SharePoint Online Search Result Sources.

Permissions

Microsoft Graph

To authenticate with the Microsoft Graph API, this resource required the following permissions:

Delegated permissions

  • Read

    • Domain.Read.All
  • Update

    • Domain.Read.All

Application permissions

  • Read

    • Domain.Read.All
  • Update

    • Domain.Read.All

Microsoft SharePoint

To authenticate with the SharePoint API, this resource required the following permissions:

Delegated permissions

  • Read

    • Sites.FullControl.All
  • Update

    • Sites.FullControl.All

Application permissions

  • Read

    • Sites.FullControl.All
  • Update

    • Sites.FullControl.All

Examples

Example 1

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $Credscredential
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        SPOSearchResultSource 'ConfigureSearchResultSource'
        {
            Name        = "MyResultSource"
            Description = "Description of item"
            Protocol    = "Local"
            Type        = "SharePoint"
            Ensure      = "Present"
            Credential  = $Credscredential
        }
    }
}