v3.4.0.0

• SPDistributedCacheClientSettings
  • Added 15 new SharePoint 2016 parameters.
• SPFarm
  • Implemented Null check in Get method to prevent errors
  • Add support to provision Central Administration on HTTPS
• SPInfoPathFormsServiceConfig
  • Added the AllowEventPropagation parameter.
• SPInstall
  • Improved logging ouput
  • Updated blocked setup file check to prevent errors when BinaryDir is a CD-ROM drive or mounted ISO
• SPInstallLanguagePack
  • Improved logging ouput
  • Updated blocked setup file check to prevent errors when BinaryDir is a CD-ROM drive or mounted ISO
• SPInstallPrereqs
  • Improved logging ouput
  • Added the updated check to unblock setup file if it is blocked because it is coming from a network location. This to prevent endless wait.
  • Added ability to install from a UNC path, by adding server to IE Local Intranet Zone. This will prevent an endless wait caused by security warning.
  • Fixed an issue that would prevent the resource failing a test when the prerequisites have been installed successfully on Windows Server 2019
• SPManagedMetadataServiceApp
  • Fixed issue where Get-TargetResource method throws an error when the service app proxy does not exist and no proxy name is specified.
• SPProductUpdate
  • Improved logging ouput
  • Updated blocked setup file check to prevent errors when SetupFile is a CD-ROM drive or mounted ISO
• SPSearchContent Source
  • Removed check that prevents configuring an incremental schedule when using continuous crawl.
• SPSitePropertyBag
  • Fixed issue where properties were set on the wrong level.
• SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApp
  • Fixed issue where the service app proxy isn't created when it wasn't created during initial deployment.
• SPTrustedRootAuthority
  • Added possibility to get certificate from file.

v3.3.0.0

• SharePointDsc generic
  • Implemented workaround for PSSA v1.18 issue. No further impact for the rest of the resources
  • Fixed issue where powershell session was never removed and leaded to memory leak
  • Added readme.md file to Examples folder, which directs users to the Wiki on Github
• SPAppManagementServiceApp
  • Added ability to create Service App Proxy if this is not present
• SPConfigWizard
  • Improved logging
• SPFarm
  • Corrected issue where the resource would try to join a farm, even when the farm was not yet created
  • Fixed issue where an error was thrown when no DeveloperDashboard parameter was specfied
• SPInstall
  • Added check to unblock setup file if it is blocked because it is coming from a network location. This to prevent endless wait
  • Added ability to install from a UNC path, by adding server to IE Local Intranet Zone. This will prevent an endless wait caused by security warning
• SPInstallLanguagePack
  • Added check to unblock setup file if it is blocked because it is coming from a network location. This to prevent endless wait
  • Corrected issue with Norwegian language pack not being correctly detected
  • Added ability to install from a UNC path, by adding server to IE Local Intranet Zone. This will prevent an endless wait caused by security warning
• SPProductUpdate
  • Added ability to install from a UNC path, by adding server to IE Local Intranet Zone. This will prevent an endless wait caused by security warning
  • Major refactor of this resource to remove the dependency on the existence of the farm. This allows the installation of product updates before farm creation.
• SPSearchContentSource
  • Corrected typo that prevented a correct check for ContinuousCrawl
• SPSearchServiceApp
  • Added possibility to manage AlertsEnabled setting
• SPSelfServiceSiteCreation
  • Added new SharePoint 2019 properties
• SPSitePropertyBag
  • Added new resource
• SPWebAppThrottlingSettings
  • Fixed issue with ChangeLogRetentionDays not being applied

v3.2.0.0

• Changes to SharePointDsc unit testing
  • Implemented Strict Mode version 1 for all code run during unit tests.
  • Changed InstallAccount into PSDscRunAsCredential parameter
• SPAuthenticationRealm
  • New resource for setting farm authentication realm
• SPConfigWizard
  • Updated PSConfig parameters according recommendations in blog post of Stefan Gossner
• SPDistributedCacheService
  • Fixed exception on Stop-SPServiceInstance with SharePoint 2019
• SPFarm
  • Improved logging
  • Added ability to manage the Developer Dashboard settings
• SPFarmSolution
  • Fixed issue where uninstalling a solution would not work as expected if it contained web application resources.
• SPIncomingEmailSettings
  • New resource for configuring incoming email settings
• SPInstallPrereqs
  • Improved logging
  • Corrected detection for Windows Server 2019
  • Corrected support for Windows Server 2019 for SharePoint 2016
• SPProductUpgrade
  • Fixed issue where upgrading SP2013 would not properly detect the installed version
  • Fixed issue where the localized SharePoint 2019 CU was detected as a Service Pack for a Language Pack
• SPSearchAuthorativePage
  • Fixed issue where modifying search query would not target the correct search application
• SPSearchResultSource
  • Updated resource to allow localized ProviderTypes
• SPServiceAppSecurity
  • Updated resource to allow localized permission levels
• SPServiceInstance
  • Added -All switch to resolve "Unable to locate service application" in SP2013
• SPSite
  • Improved logging
• SPUserProfileProperty
  • Fix user profile property mappings does not work
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Added warning message when MySiteHostLocation is not specified. This is currently not required, which results in an error. Will be corrected in SPDsc v4.0 (is a breaking change).
• SPUserProfileSyncConnection
  • Fixed issue where test resource never would return true for any configurations on SharePoint 2016/2019
  • Fixed issue where updating existing connection never would work for any configurations on SharePoint 2016/2019
  • Updated documentation to reflect that Fore will not impact configurations for SharePoint 2016/2019. Updated the test method accordingly.
• SPUserProfileSyncService
  • Fixed issue where failure to configure the sync service would not throw error
• SPWebAppPeoplePickerSettings
  • Converted password for access account to secure string. Previsouly the resource would fail setting the password and an exeption was thrown that printed the password in clear text.
• SPWebAppPolicy
  • Fixed issue where parameter MembersToExclude did not work as expected
• SPWorkflowService
  • Added support for specifying scope name.
  • Added support for detecting incorrect configuration for scope name and WorkflowHostUri

v3.1.0.0

• Changes to SharePointDsc
  • Updated LICENSE file to match the Microsoft Open Source Team standard.
• ProjectServerConnector
  • Added a file hash validation check to prevent the ability to load custom code into the module.
• SPFarm
  • Fixed localization issue where TypeName was in the local language.
• SPInstallPrereqs
  • Updated links in the Readme.md file to docs.microsoft.com.
  • Fixed required prereqs for SharePoint 2019, added MSVCRT11.
• SPManagedMetadataServiceApp
  • Fixed issue where Get-TargetResource method throws an error when the service app proxy does not exist.
• SPSearchContentSource
  • Corrected issue where the New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource cmdlet was called twice.
• SPSearchServiceApp
  • Fixed issue where Get-TargetResource method throws an error when the service application pool does not exist.
  • Implemented check to make sure cmdlets are only executed when it actually has something to update.
  • Deprecated WindowsServiceAccount parameter and moved functionality to new resource (SPSearchServiceSettings).
• SPSearchServiceSettings
  • Added new resource to configure search service settings.
• SPServiceAppSecurity
  • Fixed unavailable utility method (ExpandAccessLevel).
  • Updated the schema to no longer specify username as key for the sub class.
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Fixed issue where localized versions of Windows and SharePoint would throw an error.
• SPUserProfileSyncConnection
  • Corrected implementation of Ensure parameter.

v3.0.0.0

• Changes to SharePointDsc
  • Added support for SharePoint 2019
  • Added CredSSP requirement to the Readme files
  • Added VSCode Support for running SharePoint 2019 unit tests
  • Removed the deprecated resources SPCreateFarm and SPJoinFarm (replaced in v2.0 by SPFarm)
• SPBlobCacheSettings
  • Updated the Service Instance retrieval to be language independent
• SPConfigWizard
  • Fixed check for Ensure=Absent in the Set method
• SPInstallPrereqs
  • Added support for detecting updated installation of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015/2017 Redistributable (x64) for SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019.
• SPSearchContentSource
  • Added support for Business Content Source Type
• SPSearchMetadataCategory
  • New resource added
• SPSearchServiceApp
  • Updated resource to make sure the presence of the service app proxy is checked and created if it does not exist
• SPSecurityTokenServiceConfig
  • The resource only tested for the Ensure parameter. Added more parameters
• SPServiceAppSecurity
  • Added support for specifying array of access levels.
  • Changed implementation to use Grant-SPObjectSecurity with Replace switch instead of using a combination of Revoke-SPObjectSecurity and Grant-SPObjectSecurity
  • Added all supported access levels as available values.
  • Removed unknown access levels: Change Permissions, Write, and Read
• SPUserProfileProperty
  • Removed obsolete parameters (MappingConnectionName, MappingPropertyName, MappingDirection) and introduced new parameter PropertyMappings
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Updated the check for successful creation of the service app to throw an error if this is not done correctly

The following changes will break v2.x and earlier configurations that use these resources:

• Implemented IsSingleInstance parameter to force that the resource can only be used once in a configuration for the following resources:
  • SPAntivirusSettings
  • SPConfigWizard
  • SPDiagnosticLoggingSettings
  • SPFarm
  • SPFarmAdministrators
  • SPInfoPathFormsServiceConfig
  • SPInstall
  • SPInstallPrereqs
  • SPIrmSettings
  • SPMinRoleCompliance
  • SPPasswordChangeSettings
  • SPProjectServerLicense
  • SPSecurityTokenServiceConfig
  • SPShellAdmin
• Standardized Url/WebApplication parameter to default WebAppUrl parameter for the following resources:
  • SPDesignerSettings
  • SPFarmSolution
  • SPSelfServiceSiteCreation
  • SPWebAppBlockedFileTypes
  • SPWebAppClientCallableSettings
  • SPWebAppGeneralSettings
  • SPWebApplication
  • SPWebApplicationAppDomain
  • SPWebAppSiteUseAndDeletion
  • SPWebAppThrottlingSettings
  • SPWebAppWorkflowSettings
• Introduced new mandatory parameters
  • SPSearchResultSource: Added option to create Result Sources at different scopes.
  • SPServiceAppSecurity: Changed parameter AccessLevel to AccessLevels in MSFT_SPServiceAppSecurityEntry to support array of access levels.
  • SPUserProfileProperty: New parameter PropertyMappings

v2.6.0.0

• SPFarm
  • Fixed issue where Central Admin service was not starting for non-english farms
• SPManagedMetadataServiceApp
  • Added additional content type settings (ContentTypePushdownEnabled & ContentTypeSyndicationEnabled).
  • Fixed issue where Get method would throw an error when the proxy did not exist.
  • Fixed an issue where the resource checks if the proxy exists and if not, it is created.
• SPSearchContentSource
  • Fixed issue with numerical Content Sources name
  • Fixed issue where the code throws an error when the content source cannot be successfully created
• SPSearchManagedProperty
  • Added a new resource to support Search Managed Properties
  • Fix for multiple aliases
• SPSearchResultSource
  • Added a new ScopeUrl parameter to allow for local source creation
• SPSearchTopology
  • Updated Readme.md to remove some incorrect information
  • Fixed logic to handle the FirstPartitionDirectory in Get-TargetResource
• SPSelfServiceSiteCreation
  • New resource to manage self-service site creation
• SPServiceAppSecurity
  • Added local farm token.
  • Fixed issues that prevented the resource to work as expected in many situations.
• SPSite
  • Added the possibility for creating the default site groups
  • Added the possibility to set AdministrationSiteType
  • Fixed test method that in some cases always would return false
  • Fixed a typo in the values to check for AdministrationSiteType
  • Fixed an access denied issue when creating default site groups when the run as account does not have proper permissions for the site
• SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer
  • Added parameter UseWReplyParameter
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Fixed issue which was introduced in v2.5 where the service application proxy was not created.
  • Updated resource to grant the InstallAccount permissions to a newly created service application to prevent issues in the Get method.
• SPUserProfileSyncConnection
  • Fixed issue where empty IncludedOUs and ExcludedOUs would throw an error
• SPWebAppClientCallableSettings
  • New resource to manage web application client callable settings including proxy libraries.
• SPWebAppPropertyBag
  • New resource to manage web application property bag
• SPWebAppSuiteBar
  • Fixed incorrect test method that resulted in this resource to never apply changes.
  • Enable usage of SuiteBarBrandingElementHtml for SharePoint 2016 (only supported if using a SharePoint 2013 masterpage)

v2.5.0.0

• SPAppCatalog
  • Updated resource to retrieve the Farm account instead of requiring it to be specifically used
• SPDatabaseAAG
  • Updated readme.md to specify that this resource also updates the database connection string
• SPDiagnosticsProvider
  • Fixed issue where enabling providers did not work
• SPFarm
  • Added ability to check and update CentralAdministrationPort
• SPLogLevel
  • Added High as TraceLevel, which was not included yet
• SPRemoteFarmTrust
  • Updated readme.md file to add a link that was lost during earlier updates
• SPSearchServiceApp
  • Updated Set method to check if service application pool exists. Resource will throw an error if it does not exist
• SPSearchTopology
  • Fixed issue where Get method threw an error when the specified service application didn't exist yet
  • Fixed issue where the resource would fail is the FQDN was specified
• SPShellAdmins
  • Added ExcludeDatabases parameter for AllDatabases
• SPSite
  • Added ability to check and update QuotaTemplate, OwnerAlias and SecondaryOwnerAlias
• SPSiteUrl
  • New resource to manage site collection urls for host named site collections
• SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuerProviderRealm
  • Fixed issue where Get method threw an error when the realm didn't exist yet
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Fix for issue where an update conflict error was thrown when new service application was created
  • Added SiteNamingConflictResolution parameter to the resource

v2.4.0.0

• SPCacheAccounts
  • Fixed issue where the Test method would fail if SetWebAppPolicy was set to false.
• SPDistributedCacheService
  • Updated resource to allow updating the cache size
• SPFarm
  • Implemented ability to deploy Central Administration site to a server at a later point in time
• SPInfoPathFormsServiceConfig
  • Fixed issue with trying to set the MaxSizeOfUserFormState parameter
• SPProductUpdate
  • Fixed an issue where the resource failed when the search was already paused
• SPProjectServerLicense
  • Fixed issue with incorrect detection of the license
• SPSearchContentSource
  • Fixed issue where the Get method returned a conversion error when the content source contained just one address
  • Fixed issue 840 where the parameter StartHour was never taken into account
• SPSearchServiceApp
  • Fixed issue where the service account was not set correctly when the service application was first created
  • Fixed issue where the Get method throws an error when the service app wasn't created properly
• SPSearchTopology
  • Fixed issue where Get method threw an error when the specified service application didn't exist yet.
• SPServiceAppSecurity
  • Fixed issue where error was thrown when no permissions were set on the service application
• SPShellAdmins
  • Updated documentation to specify required permissions for successfully using this resource
• SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuerProviderRealms
  • Fixed code styling issues
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Fixed code styling issues

v2.3.0.0

• Changes to SharePointDsc
  • Added a Branches section to the README.md with Codecov and build badges for both master and dev branch.
• All Resources
  • Added information about the Resource Type in each ReadMe.md files.
• SPFarm
  • Fixed issue where the resource throws an exception if the farm already exists and the server has been joined using the FQDN (issue 795)
• SPTimerJobState
  • Fixed issue where the Set method for timerjobs deployed to multiple web applications failed.
• SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuerProviderRealms
  • Added the resource.
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Now supported specifying the host Managed path, and properly sets the host.
  • Changed error for running with Farm Account into being a warning
• SPUserProfileSyncConnection
  • Added support for filtering disabled users
  • Fixed issue where UseSSL was set to true resulted in an error
  • Fixed issue where the connection was recreated when the name contained a dot (SP2016)

v2.2.0.0

• SPAlternateURL
  • If resource specifies Central Admin webapp and Default Zone, the existing AAM will be updated instead of adding a new one.
• SPContentDatabase
  • Fixed issue where mounting a content database which had to be upgraded resulted in a reboot.
• SPDistributedCacheClientSettings
  • Added the new resource
• SPFarmAdministrators
  • Fixed issue where member comparisons was case sensitive. This had to be case insensitive.
• SPManagedMetadataServiceApp
  • Fixed issue with creating the Content Type Hub on an existing MMS service app without Content Type Hub.
• SPManagedMetadataServiceAppDefault
  • Fixed issue where .GetType().FullName and TypeName were not used properly.
• SPTimerJobState
  • Updated description of WebAppUrl parameter to make it clear that "N/A" has to be used to specify a global timer job.
• SPUserProfileServiceApp
  • Fixed issue introduced in v2.0, where the Farm Account had to have local Administrator permissions for the resource to function properly.
  • Updated resource to retrieve the Farm account from the Managed Accounts instead of requiring it as a parameter.
• SPUserProfileSyncService
  • Fixed issue introduced in v2.0, where the Farm Account had to have local Administrator permissions for the resource to function properly.
  • Updated resource to retrieve the Farm account from the Managed Accounts instead of requiring it as a parameter.
  • The FarmAccount parameter is deprecated and no longer required. Is ignored in the code and will be removed in v3.0.
• SPVisioServiceApp
  • Fixed an issue where the proxy is not properly getting created