How do i get the url for the mysite host from powershell?

Question

I need the url of the mysite in SharePoint 2010 server. In my farm i only have one MySite host (and one corresponding user profile service) configured.

I need the information on one of the farm servers and i'm using powershell for my script.

Answer 1

Using the sharepoint Management Shell you can execute the following script. Replace the url with one of the application url's your are running on:

$mySiteUrl = "http://portal.contoso.com"
$sc = Get-SPServiceContext($mySiteUrl)
$upm = new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($sc)
$upm.MySiteHostUrl

If no url is available take one from Get-SPWebApplication if all web apps are using the same UPS.

Answer 2

If you are looking for the Personal site for a user profile you can get that from the UserProfileManager.UserProfile.PublicUrl.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.server.userprofiles.userprofile.publicurl.aspx