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GetUserInfo Method

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The GetUserInfo method of the Users and Groups service returns information about the specified user.

Parameters

userLoginName   A string that contains the user name (DOMAIN\User_Alias) of the user.

Return Value

An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object:

<GetUserInfo xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/">
   <User ID="4" Sid="S-1-5-21-2127521184-1604012920-1887927527-34577" Name="User1_Display_Name"
      LoginName="DOMAIN\User1_Alias" Email="User1_E-mail"
      Notes="Notes" IsSiteAdmin="False" IsDomainGroup="False" />
</GetUserInfo>

Example

The following code example displays information about the specified user.

This example requires that a using (C#) or Imports (Visual Basic .NET) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Requirements

Platforms: Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Web Reference: http://Server_Name/[sites/][Site_Name/]_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx