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Get user 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 user information 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.GetUserInfo("domainName\userName")

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


Output - UserInfo.xml:

output.jpg
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