[BUG] Submit-PnPSearchQuery: Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation. When query against People Search SourceId

[LuisFalcon003]

Reporting an Issue or Missing Feature

The following error message is returned when trying to query against People Search -SourceId "B09A7990-05EA-4AF9-81EF-EDFAB16C4E31":
"Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation."

Expected behavior

Get all user profiles from People Search, for re-indexing puropose.

Full query:
$profiles = Submit-PnPSearchQuery -Query '-AccountName:spofrm -AccountName:spoapp -AccountName:app@sharepoint -AccountName:spocrawler -AccountName:spocrwl -PreferredName:"Foreign Principal"' -SourceId "b09a7990-05ea-4af9-81ef-edfab16c4e31" -SelectProperties "aadobjectid", "department", "write" -All -TrimDuplicates:$false -RelevantResults

Actual behavior

An error message returned:
"Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation."

Steps to reproduce behavior

1. Set a Microsoft Entra ID Application with the following permission:

2. Connect to SharePoint Online using the Microsoft Entra ID application and certificate:

$clientId = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
$spoTenantRootUrl = "https://[tenant].sharepoint.com"
$tenantDomain = "mydomain.com"
$certificatePath = ".pfx local path"
$plainTextPassword = "MyPassword"
$secureCertificatePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $plainTextPassword -AsPlainText -Force
$cert = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2($certificatePath, $plainTextPassword, [System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509KeyStorageFlags]::Exportable)

Connect-PnPOnline -Url $spoTenantRootUrl -ClientId $clientId -CertificatePath $certificatePath -CertificatePassword $secureCertificatePassword -Tenant $tenantDomain -ErrorAction Stop

3. Execute query:

$profiles = Submit-PnPSearchQuery -Query '-AccountName:spofrm -AccountName:spoapp -AccountName:app@sharepoint -AccountName:spocrawler -AccountName:spocrwl -PreferredName:"Foreign Principal"' `
    -SourceId "b09a7990-05ea-4af9-81ef-edfab16c4e31" -SelectProperties "aadobjectid", "department", "write" ` -All -TrimDuplicates:$false -RelevantResults

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?(you can retrieve this by executing Get-Module -Name "PnP.PowerShell" -ListAvailable)

3.1.0

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

• Windows
• Linux
• MacOS
• Azure Cloud Shell
• Azure Functions
• Other : please specify