SharePoint 2010 - People Picker that is showing the wrong user profile information
Hi again, introduction to this issue: Someone has updated information on their MySite but their details have not propagated through to the People Picker, or any list that shows User Information in it. Why: This is due to the User Information List , which is used to supply User Information to all the SharePoint functions that use it. The User Information List only seems to get updated when a user is first introduced to a Site Collection. Not even a full Profile Sync will fix it. (You can find the User Information List here: http://[rootsite]/_layouts/people.aspx?MembershipGroupId=0). This issue has been documented before and done very nicely on Gary's blog here: http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2011/12/updating-sharepoint-2010-user-information/ The difference is between Gary's blog post and mine, is that his shows how to get a script to iterate through every Web Application and update specific fields. Where as I will be sh...