How to get the User Profile Synchronization Connection names from SharePoint 2010 using C#

n this article we will be seeing how to get the User Profile Synchronization Connection names from SharePoint 2010.

Through UI you can view the Synchronization connections in Central Administration => Application Management =>Manage service applications =>User Profile Service Application => Configure Synchronization Connections.

Using C# code:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using Microsoft.SharePoint; using Microsoft.Office.Server; using Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles; using System.Web;

namespace UP { class Program     { static void Main(string[] args)         { using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:12345/"))             { //get the server context ServerContext context = ServerContext.GetContext(site); UserProfileConfigManager upcm = new UserProfileConfigManager(context); ConnectionManager cm = upcm.ConnectionManager; foreach (Connection cn in cm)                 { Console.WriteLine("Connection Name:" + cn.DisplayName.ToString());                 } Console.ReadLine();               }         }     } }

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