Get all user groups for the specified user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get all user group information 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:

## Get all user groups for the specified user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell
$uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx?wsdl" 

## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx
$usergroupWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential 
[System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$usergroupWebServiceReference.GetGroupCollectionFromUser("domainName\userName")

## Creates an GroupCollectionFromUser.xml file in the D:\ which contains the information about the groups for the specified user
$output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\GroupCollectionFromUser.xml", $false
$output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>")
$output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml)
$output.WriteLine() 
$output.Dispose() 

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Displaying all the group names for the specified user...."
foreach($group in $xmlNode.Groups.Group)
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green $group.Name
}

Output - GroupCollectionFromUser.xml