How to get the User Profile Synchronization Connection names from SharePoint 2010 using C#


In this article we will be seeing how to get the User Profile Synchronization Connection names from SharePoint 2010.

Through UI you can view the Synchronization connections in Central Administration => Application Management =>Manage service applications =>User Profile Service Application => Configure Synchronization Connections.

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Using C# code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles;
using System.Web;

namespace UP
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:12345/"))
            {
             //get the server context
                ServerContext context = ServerContext.GetContext(site);
               
UserProfileConfigManager upcm = new UserProfileConfigManager(context);
           ConnectionManager cm = upcm.ConnectionManager;
           foreach (Connection cn in cm)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Connection Name:" + cn.DisplayName.ToString());
                }
                Console.ReadLine();  
            }
        }
    }
}

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