Add a colleague 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:

 
##Add a colleague for the specified user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell
$uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx?wsdl"
## $accountName is a string that contains the account name for which you need to add the colleague
[
String]$accountName="domainName\accountName"
## $colleagueAccountName ia a string that contains the account name of the colleague that has to be added
[
String] $colleagueAccountName="domainName\colleagueAccountName"
## $group is a string that contains the group to which the colleague is a member
[
String] $group="General"
## $privacy is used to represent the privacy level
## For more information on Privacy Enumeration please refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcuserprofileservice.privacy.aspx
$privacy="Public"
## isInWorkGroup is a bool value which indicate that the colleague should be part of a workgroup
$isInWorkGroup=$true

## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx
$userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential
$contactData=$userProfileWebServiceReference.AddColleague($accountName,$colleagueAccountName,$group,$privacy,$isInWorkGroup)
## $contactData - Return value will be [UserProfileService Web service].ContactData
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "New Colleague added successfully"
$contactData


Output:

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