How to get all the permission levels in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will be seeing how to get all the permission levels in SharePoint 2010 using C# and powershell script.

In this article

• How to get all the permission levels using C#
• How to get all the permission levels using powershell script
• Properties of SPRoleDefinition

Steps involved:

• Open Visual Studio 2010.
• Create a console application.
• Add the following reference.
  
  o Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
   
• Add the following namespace.
  
  o Using Microsoft.SharePoint;

How to get all the permission levels using C#:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace CustomPermissionLevel
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://servername:2020/"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)
                {
                    SPRoleDefinitionCollection roleColl = web.RoleDefinitions;
                    foreach (SPRoleDefinition role in roleColl)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(role.Name.ToString());
                    }
                    Console.ReadLine();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

How to get all the permission levels using powershell script

$site=Get-SPSite "http://servername:2020/"
$web=$site.RootWeb
$roleColl=$web.RoleDefinitions
foreach($role in $roleColl)
{
write-host $role.Name
}
Properties of SPRoleDefinition:

$site=Get-SPSite "http://servername:2020/"
$web=$site.RootWeb
$roleColl=$web.RoleDefinitions
$role= $roleColl["Custom Permission Level Test"]
Write-host $role