en-us/about_SPJoinFarm.help.txt
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SPJoinFarm .SYNOPSIS This resource will be responsible for joining a server to an existing SharePoint farm. To create a new farm use the [SPCreateFarm](SPCreateFarm) resource on a different server to begin with, and then pass the same database server and configuration database name parameters to the additional servers using this resource. After the server has joined the farm, the process will wait for 5 minutes to allow farm specific configuration to take place on the server, before allowing further DSC configuration to take place. .EXAMPLE SPJoinFarm JoinSPFarm { DatabaseServer = $DatabaseServer FarmConfigDatabaseName = "SP_Config" Passphrase = $FarmPassPhrase PsDscRunAsCredential = $InstallAccount } .PARAMETER FarmConfigDatabaseName Key - string The name of the config database to connect to .PARAMETER DatabaseServer Key - string The server that hosts the config database .PARAMETER Passphrase Required - string The passphrase that should be used to join the farm .PARAMETER ServerRole Write - string Allowed values: Application, Custom, DistributedCache, Search, SingleServer, SingleServerFarm, SpecialLoad, WebFrontEnd SharePoint 2016 only - the MinRole role to enroll this server as .PARAMETER InstallAccount Write - String POWERSHELL 4 ONLY: The account to run this resource as, use PsDscRunAsAccount if using PowerShell 5 |