How to set ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly in Connection String for SharePoint 2013

Question

SharePoint 2013 and SQL Server 2012 allows us some additional options to create HA and DR sites through AlwaysOn Availablibity Groups and Listeners.  Problem that I'm having is that I have a DR site that is at a different location.  Microsoft
recommends not to stretch the farm across different locations, so I've created a separate farm for DR.  I have my content database in an Availability Group so that is Asynchronously commits data changes across the 2 locations.  My DR site
connects to the content database through a Listener. 
Since the DR site is connecting to the content database through the Listener, it is connecting the primary replica.  In order to connect to the Read Only secondary replica, I need to add "ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly"
to the connection string.  How do you do that?

Answer 1

It supports a secondary being Readable, that is all it is telling you. It does not support, nor implement, Read-Intent. This is expected behavior. You can look at the Conn Strings via PowerShell, of course:
$db = get-spdatabase | where {$_.TypeName -like "*Config*"}
$db.DatabaseConnectionString
Data Source=SPSQL;Initial Catalog=Config;Integrated Security=True;Enlist=False;
Pooling=True;Min Pool Size=0;Max Pool Size=100;Connect Timeout=15
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