SharePoint
2013 major improvements are My Sites,
User Profiles and news feeds. Here I will explain step-by-step process of
setting up the my site Configuration in the SharePoint .
Prerequisites:
1. SharePoint 2013 installed on SharePoint server.
2. User Profile Configuration
Step1:Create
a Separate Web Application for hosting My site
Go to the central
administration->Application management->Manage web applications”
And create a dedicated
web application (sd2013:101 in my example here)
Step2: Create a site collection in the root
of the newly created web application
Site Collection must have
“2013” experience and use “My Site Host” template.
Step3:Managed Paths
Once
the Site Collection creation has been
completed click on the Managed Paths
in the web application that you created to host My Sites.
Add
a new managed path with wildcard inclusion.
Here
we have used “my” as the My Site managed
path, but you can of course pick up anything else.
Step 4:Next click on Service Connections below
Managed Paths.
There
you need to make sure that the following is checked:
·
User Profile Service Application
·
Managed Metadata Service
·
Search Service Application
If
you choose “Custom” (instead of the “Default”) in the Edit the following group
of connections drop down, select any service applications to which you want to
connect the web application.
Here We have selected as “default”
Now
setup self-service site creation
also under the web app options
Go
back to the Web application management, chose the application that you created
to host My Sites, and click on the “Self
Service Site Creation” button.
Click
“On” in the “Site Collections” radio box, and enter your managed path in the
“Start a Site” field (with “Prompt users to create a team site under” chosen)
step 5:Grant users permission to create new
site collections (for my sites).
Click on the “Permission Policy” button in the Web
Application management, with the web application which hosts the my sites
selected.
In
the”Manage Permission Policy Levels”, click on the “Add Permission Policy
Level”
Call
it something like Mysite Creation.Grant Full Rights to "Create
SubSites" and click on Ok.
·
Now
you need to click on the user policy and then on add users.
·
Choose
All Zones
·
On
the next screen add the users you want to be able to create mysites. i Will use
"Everyone"
·
Then
check mySite Creation
·
And
we need to grant that policy level to the users. Click on the “Users Policy”
button in the Web Application management, with the web application that you
created to host My Sites selected…
Click
on the “Add users” link…
And
select the users which you want to have rights to create my sites. On my case,
it will be “Everyone”.
And
now you should see “Everyone” with the new policy selected.
Step6: set up the my sites.
Go to the Central Administration –>
Application Management, and select “Manage service applications”.
Then
select the “User Profile Service Application”
In
the “User Profile Service Application”, click on “Setup My Sites”
STEP 7:setup the MySite Creation
In Central Admin go to Manage Service Applications -> User
Profile Service Applications.
Then on "Setup My Sites"
Enter a preferred search center, My Site Host Location and
personal Site Location ("My")
Step 8:Timer job feed activcation.
Go to the Central Administration –> Monitoring –>Timer Job
–> Review job definitions
Find the “User Profile Service Application – Activity Feed Job”,
and set up the activity feed sync timer according to your needs.
Click on Sites and you should get this. Go to the my site now and Enjoy the SharePoint .
