SPOHomeSite

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
IsSingleInstance	Key	String	Specifies the resource is a single instance, the value must be 'Yes'	Yes
Url	Write	String	The URL of the home site collection
Ensure	Write	String	Present ensures the site collection is registered as home site, absent ensures it is unregistered	Present, Absent
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	String	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.

Description

This resource allows administrators to configure a Site Collection as the Home Site of the tenant. The menu of this SharePoint Site Collection will be shown on SharePoint Home.

NOTE: This setting is not applied immediately and can take several hours to be fully available within the tenant. Please use this resource with caution, as a direct test run can lead to incorrect status results. For more details about setting the home site, go to> aka.ms/homesites

Azure AD Permissions

To authenticate via Azure Active Directory, this resource required the following Application permissions:

• Automate
• SharePoint
  • Sites.FullControl.All
• Export
• SharePoint
  • Sites.FullControl.All

NOTE: All permisions listed above require admin consent.

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]
        $credsGlobalAdmin
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        SPOHomeSite 'SetMarketingSiteCollectionAsHomeSite'
        {
            IsSingleInstance = "Yes"
            Url              = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Marketing"
            Ensure           = "Present"
            Credential       = $credsGlobalAdmin
        }
    }
}