To use only SPUser objects isn’t always sufficient. To get other properties we have to retrieve user profiles. Giles Hamson gives an example how to get and how to update user profile properties with powershell. Here is an example how to get all work phones:

$url = "http://intranet/"
$site = Get-SPSite $url
$context = Get-SPServiceContext $site
$profileManager = New-Object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($context)
$profiles = $profileManager.GetEnumerator()

while ($profiles.MoveNext()) {
  $userProfile = $profiles.Current
  $name = $userProfile.DisplayName
  $phone = $userProfile\["WorkPhone"\]
  $line = '{0};{1}' -f $name, $phone
  write $line
}

If you are not sure what properties are called, see the whole list by typing:

To get the distinguished name for a user, it isn’t enough to get an SPUser object. The distinguished name is the unique string for identifying a user in Active Directory (eg. CN=BeforeDAfter,OU=Test,DC=North America,DC=Fabrikam,DC=COM) Even using UserProfile object is not that clear. The distinguished name can be found in a property which can be retrieved with brackets: up[PropertyConstants.DistinguishedName]

public static string GetDistinguishedName(string login)
{
   var dn = "";
   UserProfile up;
   using (var site = new SPSite("http://dev"))
   {
      var serviceContext = SPServiceContext.GetContext(site);
      var upm = new UserProfileManager(serviceContext);
      var exists = upm.UserExists(login);
      if (!exists)
         upm.CreateUserProfile(login);
      if (exists)
      {
         up = upm.GetUserProfile(login);
         dn = up\[PropertyConstants.DistinguishedName\].Value.ToString();
      }
   }
   return dn;
}
```The code is simplified and doesn't contain any error handling. And a better handling of upm.UserExists must be implemented: If upm.CreateUserProfile(login) runs, it doesn't make it so quickly and the next step won't run (upm.GetUserProfile). If you are not working in SP Context, you can see the distinguished name for a user in Powershell:

import-module activedirectory $u = get-aduser administrator $u.DistinguishedName

Want to hide my site link without disabling social features. Well, the simplest way to do it is to use css:

#mp1\_0\_0\_Anchor { display: none; }
```If you want to hide my profile instead, just hide #mp1\_0\_1\_Anchor:

#mp1_0_1_Anchor { display: none; }

.ms-MenuUIUL li[text=‘My Site’] { display: none;}

##### Disable the my profile feature An even better solution is maybe to disable the ability to change the profiles. [Just remove the permission to "user personalization..." for All authenticated users in User Profile Service](http://blog.libinuko.com/2010/10/10/sharepoint-2010-howto-disable-my-site-and-my-profile-link/).

## Comments from Wordpress.com


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[John]( "johnandrewdavies@hotmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 00:15:32">Mar 3, 2012</time>

Be careful this cannot be used, the classes for pop up menus are generated dynamically on the page, and that class can be applied to a number of menus I assume depending on the order which they load on the page, which isnt the same every time, so for instance this hides something in the site actions menu, or the new button on a library sometimes.
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[Brett Anderson](http://sharepoint2020.wordpress.com "brettando@live.com.au") - <time datetime="2012-05-02 06:13:05">May 3, 2012</time>

Hi, The amended solution does not work in IE7.
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[Fredrik]( "fredrik.eriksson234@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-09 15:27:24">Mar 5, 2012</time>

Thank you Anatoly, that worked perfectly in all browsers! I had problems with the first suggested solution, because it would hide other menu items, like "edit this page" from the site settings dropdown!
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[Anatoly Mironov]( "mirontoli@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 09:10:36">Mar 3, 2012</time>

You are totally right, John! I realized that too. Fortunately, I didn't need that then. But while using that I saw that sometimes Site Actions -Edit Page disappeared. These IDs are really generated dynamically. Thanks for your comment. I'll update my post.
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[vishal]( "vishals.shivan@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 07:27:54">Mar 3, 2012</time>

Hi Anatoly. Thanks for the solution. but the problem we are facing one problem after implementing this. Once we make this change and when login to the portal next time, the "Edit Page" link under site action menu is not getting displayed and the My Site Link is getting displyed. any suggestion?
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[Material SharePoint &raquo; Hide &lsquo;My Site&rsquo; Link from Welcome User Dropdown Control](http://sharepoint.jsturges.com/2012/05/hide-my-site-link-from-welcome-user-dropdown-control/ "") - <time datetime="2012-05-12 17:45:13">May 6, 2012</time>

\[...\] of my enterprise level clients that we usually hide it all together! To do this, you can use an awesome CSS trick I learned from Anatoly \[...\]
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[Anatoly Mironov]( "mirontoli@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 09:24:39">Mar 3, 2012</time>

Hi Vishal. Unfortunately we cannot rely on these IDs, as John in previous comment mentioned, because these IDs are generated dynamically. I'll update my post. One possible solution would be use attribute selectors... Something like .ms-MenuUIUL li\[text='My Site'\] { display: none;}
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[jim]( "jim.omara@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2014-02-12 17:38:05">Feb 3, 2014</time>

.ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_0{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_1{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_2{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_3{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_4{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_8{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_9{ display:none; } these work for me.
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[Anatoly Mironov](http://chuvash.eu "mirontoli@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2014-02-12 23:20:59">Feb 3, 2014</time>

Thank you for sharing your solution. Appreciate.
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