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People class

Provides methods that enable people to use SharePoint sites securely.

Inheritance hierarchy

System.Object
  System.MarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModel.Component
      System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol
        System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpWebClientProtocol
          System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol
            WebSvcPeople.People

Namespace:  WebSvcPeople
Assembly:  STSSOAP (in STSSOAP.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<WebServiceBindingAttribute(Name := "PeopleSoap", Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/")> _
Public Class People _
    Inherits SoapHttpClientProtocol
'Usage
Dim instance As People
[WebServiceBindingAttribute(Name = "PeopleSoap", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/")]
public class People : SoapHttpClientProtocol

Remarks

To access the People service and its methods, set a Web reference to https://Server_Name/[sites/][Site_Name/]_vti_bin/people.asmx.

Thread safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See also

Reference

People members

WebSvcPeople namespace

GetContextWeb(HttpContext)

Other resources

.NET Support and Security in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

Security, Users, and Groups Overview