Updating SharePoint 2013 user profiles using C#

I recently wrote a console program which needed to update some user profile properties for specific users – unfortunately the code gave me the following error when trying to create a SPServiceContext and accessing the UserProfileManager.

Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException was unhandled   HResult=-2146233088
Message=UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException_Logging :: UserProfileApplicationProxy.ApplicationProperties ProfilePropertyCache does not have ….

To get this to work make sure that the user account under which you are running the console app has Full control on the User Profile Service Application – see screenshot below. Go to SharePoint Central Administration > Manage Service Applications > Select the User Profile Service Application and click Permissions in the ribbon.

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