Get the user profile property information by account name using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get the user profile property information by account name 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:

##Get the user profile property information by account name 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 we need to get the profile property information $accountName="rd\kwnt974" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx $userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential $propertyData=$userProfileWebServiceReference.GetUserProfileByName($accountName) Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Getting the user profile property information by account name" foreach($property in $propertyData) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $property.Name }

Output: