Get the user group information 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 the user group information using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx?wsdl" ## $groupName is the string that contains the group name for which the information has to be returned [String]$groupName="TestGroup1" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx $usergroupWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$usergroupWebServiceReference.GetGroupInfo($groupName) ## Creates an GroupInfo.xml file in the D:\ which contains the information about the specific group $output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\GroupInfo.xml", $false $output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>") $output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml) $output.WriteLine() $output.Dispose()

Output - GroupInfo.xml: