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How to Configure the Global Search Center Url for SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell

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I had this question come up today and it was a little bit of work to track down so I thought I would share here.

 

In SharePoint 2013 the Search Service Application has something called a Global Search Center Url. In the absence of any other configuration, this is where folks will get redirected to run their queries. However if you are doing a fully scripted install using PowerShell it's not completely obvious how you set this value. Here is how you can change it:

$ssa = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication
$ssa.SearchCenterUrl = <newURL>
$ssa.Update()

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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2013
    Steve, thanks for sharing. Do remember that the URL to your Search Center should actually end with /Pages, i.e. if you host your search center in a host named sitecollection under "https://search.zomers.eu", set the $ssa.SearchCenterUrl to "search.zomers.eu/Pages" (do not add a trailing slash). Otherwise your redirects from MySites will fail. If you're using a language pack on your SharePoint farm and have created the Search Center Site Collection using a language different than an English one, replace Pages with the localized name (i.e. Seiten for Germen, Paginas for Dutch).

  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2014
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