SPRemoteFarmTrust

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Name	Key	string	A name of the remote farm, used to create token issuer and root authority
RemoteWebAppUrl	Required	string	The URL of a web app in the remote farm, must use HTTPS
LocalWebAppUrl	Required	string	The URL of a local web app to connect the remote farm to
Ensure	Write	string	Set to present to ensure the trust exists, or absent to ensure it is removed	Present, Absent
InstallAccount	Write	String	POWERSHELL 4 ONLY: The account to run this resource as, use PsDscRunAsAccount if using PowerShell 5

Description

This resource is used to trust a remote SharePoint farm. This is used when federating search results between two different SharePoint farms. The technique is described at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn133749.aspx

Example

SPRemoteFarmTrust TrustRemoteFarmForSearch
{
    Name = "CentralSearchFarm"
    RemoteWebAppUrl = "https://search.sharepoint.contoso.com"
    LocalWebAppUrl = "https://local.sharepoint2.contoso.com"
}