PS script which can search Personally Identifiable Information data in sharePoint site

Question

I would like to write a  PS script which can search for and report on Personally Identifiable Information like card numbers, etc in SharePoint site. I would like to find it in txt as well as xls word .
Velu K

Answer 1

Hi Velu,
Based on your description, my understanding is that you want to get the needed user properties for all the users using PowerShell.
I recommend to use the code below for getting the properties to txt file using PowerShell and you need to grant Full Control permission on the User Profile Service Application for the user who execute the commands:
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Office.Server")
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles")
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint")
#change the URL to your root site URL
$site = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite("http://sp");
$ServiceContext = Get-SPServiceContext $site
$ProfileManager = new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($ServiceContext)
$AllProfiles = $ProfileManager.GetEnumerator()
#You need to create the text file called UserProfiles in C disk(you can change the name to be what you want and put it in the place where you want )
$file = new-object System.IO.StreamWriter "C:\UserProfiles.txt";
$file.Writeline("DisplayName|Accountname|workEmail");
#get the user properties you want
foreach ($profile in $AllProfiles) {
$DisplayName = $profile.DisplayName
$AccountName = $profile[[Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.PropertyConstants]::AccountName].Value
$workEmail = $profile[[Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.PropertyConstants]::workEmail].Value
$file.Writeline($DisplayName+"|"+$AccountName+"|"+$workEmail);
$file.close();
$site.Dispose()
More references:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/19780.sharepoint-2010-export-user-profile-properties-to-a-text-file-using-powershell.aspx
http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/rhutton/archive/2012/10/11/updating-a-user-profile-picture-using-powershell-exception-calling-quote-ctor-quote-with-quote-1-quote-argument.aspx
Thanks,
Victoria
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