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Add a link for the specified user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

Steps Involved:
  1. Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by going to Start | All Programs | SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (Run as Administrator).
  2. Run the following script.

Powershell Script:

 
##Add a link for the specified user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell
$uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx?wsdl"
## $accountName is a string that contains the account name for which you need to add the link
[String]$accountName="domainName\userName" 
## $name ia a string that contains the title for the link
[String] $name="Link"
## $url ia a string that contains the url for the link
[String] $url="http://www.link.com"
## $group is a string that contains the name of the group for the link
[String]$group="General"
## $privacy is used to represent the privacy level 
## For more information on Privacy Enumeration please refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcuserprofileservice.privacy.aspx 
$privacy="Public"


## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx
$userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential 
$QuickLinkData =$userProfileWebServiceReference.AddLink($accountName,$name,$url,$group,$privacy) 
## $QuickLinkData - Return value will be [UserProfileService Web service].QuickLinkData - Please refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcuserprofileservice.quicklinkdata.aspx
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "New link added successfully"
$QuickLinkData


Output:

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