Remove a colleague for the specified account name using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to remove a colleague for the specified 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:

##Remove a colleague for the specified account name using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx?wsdl" ## $accountName is a string that contains the account name for which you need to remove a colleague [String]$accountName="domainName\accountName" ## $colleagueAccountName ia a string that contains the colleague account name that has to be removed [String] $colleagueAccountName="domainName\colleagueAccountName" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx $userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential $userProfileWebServiceReference.RemoveColleague($accountName,$colleagueAccountName)