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With the on-premise instance of SharePoint, I am able to call the GetUserProfileByIndex from the User Profile Service to iterate over user profiles. However, with SharePoint online 2013, I get the following error when following the NextValue link: This operation requires you to be managing your own data or have administrator privileges. Now that could mean two things :

  • My account is not properly configured for that. That seems unlikely since I use the credentials of a global admin and can access all user profiles with GetUserProfileByName.
  • Since the SharePoint Online instance is shared, this approach is simply broken because I would need permission on the whole instance, including other tenants.

Is there a way of granting permissions to my account or an alternative to the User Profile Service for listing all user profiles ?

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Which API are you using and which hosting method is being used? – Stephen Mar 18 at 15:19
@Stephen: I'm using the [msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms583891.aspx](user profile SOAP service). My instance of SharePoint is hosted with Office 365, if this is what you mean. – smngnr Mar 18 at 15:29
Yip that gives me a better idea... – Stephen Mar 18 at 15:32

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I've done something similar but not using Webservices but using JS CSOM, not sure is this is an option for you but I found this useful.

harePoint 2013: Working with User Profiles & JavaScript CSOM

Hope this helps

S

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Thanks, but I do not know the usernames in advance and I am limited to the soap services for technical reasons. I guess I'll just retrieve the users on a per site basis with GetUserCollectionFromSite, then retrieve their profiles by username. – smngnr Mar 22 at 17:08

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