MySite Host in SP2013

SharePoint 2013 MySite Configuration.

This article describes hot to setup and Create Personal site in sharepoint 2013


Step 1:Create Separate Web Application for MySite.(Tips: Although you can use an existing web application, for optimal performance and security, we recommend that you create the My Site host site collection in a dedicated web application)

1. Go To Central Administrator
2. Click Manage Web Application

Step 2: Click New to Create New Web Application

Step 3: I have created Web Application http://sharepointhost:33333/

Step 4: Creating Site collection

1. Now Create Site Collection under http://sharepoint:33333/

2. Select Experience version as 2013.

Step:5 My Site Host Configuration

1. Define Managed Path as MY

Step:6 Add new managed path with wild card inclusion

Step : 7 Click Service Connection Button from Ribbon

Step:8 Start the following services and make sure that all are running

Step : 9 Click the Self Service Site Creation Button for the web application

Step : 10 Select On for Site Collections and Prompt users to create a team site under: for Start a Site. Also provide the managed path created earlier.

Step : 11 Select the Permission Policy button for the web application that will host MySite to grant permissions to the users to create their own MySite

Step : 12 Provide the name MySite Creation and under Site Permissions select Create Subsites

Step: 13

Step: 14 Add Users to the newly created policy by selecting the User Policy button for the web application

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Step : 18 Configure My Site settings for the User Profile service application

To configure My Site settings for the User Profile service applicationVerify that you have the following administrative credentials:

To configure My Site settings for the User Profile service application, you must be a member of the Farm

Administrators group on the computer running the SharePoint Central Administration website or a service

application administrator for the User Profile service application.

2. In Central Administration, in the　Application Management　section, click　Manage service applications.

3. Click the User Profile service application that you connected to the web application hosting My Sites earlier in this task.On the　Manage Profile Service　page, in the　My Site Settings　section, click　Setup My Sites.On the　My Sites Settings　page, in the　Preferred Search Center　section, specify settings for the search center to direct users to when they search for people or documents from their　About Me　profile page. If you do not have a search center set up yet, you can skip this step and complete it later.

4. In the　My Site Host　section, type the URL of the My Site host site collection that you created earlier in this task.

5. In the　Personal Site Location　section, type the wildcard inclusion managed path you configured earlier in this task. By default,　personal　is prepopulated in the box. However, if you chose a different path for your wildcard inclusion managed path, replace　personal　with your path.

6. In the　Site Naming Format　section, select a naming format for the My Sites site collections that will be created when users view their My Sites for the first time.

7. In the　Language Options　section, specify whether users can select a preferred language for their My Site. The available languages correspond to the language packs installed in the farm. All servers in a farm must have the same language packs..

8. In the　Read Permission Level　section, specify the users or groups that can view other users’ My Sites when they are created. By default, this includes all authenticated users. HoweverIn the　Security Trimming Options　section, specify how system generated posts are checked for permissions before they are displayed in feeds and on the　Tags and Notes　page.

9. In the　Newsfeed　section, enable system generated posts to the feed on My Sites by selecting　Enable activities in My Site newsfeeds. This option is selected by default. This is important in hosted environments where tenants can share the same User Profile service but have different requirements on whether they can enable newsfeeds for their users.

10. In the　E-mail Notifications　section, specify an email address to use as the sender email address for My Site email notifications. This account does not have to be a real monitored email address. If you want to receive notifications for newsfeed activities, such as replies to your posts or when someone follows you, select　Enable newsfeed email notifications.

11.Click OK