Add a link 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 link for the specified user using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx?wsdl" ## $accountName is a string that contains the account name for which you need to add the link [String]$accountName="domainName\userName" ## $name ia a string that contains the title for the link [String] $name="Link" ## $url ia a string that contains the url for the link [String] $url="http://www.link.com" ## $group is a string that contains the name of the group for the link [String]$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" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx $userProfileWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential $QuickLinkData =$userProfileWebServiceReference.AddLink($accountName,$name,$url,$group,$privacy) ## $QuickLinkData - Return value will be [UserProfileService Web service].QuickLinkData - Please refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcuserprofileservice.quicklinkdata.aspx Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "New link added successfully" $QuickLinkData

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