Get the total number of user profiles using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get the total number of user profiles 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 total number of user profiles using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx?wsdl" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx $userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential $count=$userProfileWebServiceReference.GetUserProfileCount() Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Total Number of user profiles: " $count

Output: