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.

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
        }
    }
}