Reviewing the Components of a Healthy My Site Configuration

A My Site environment contains a number of “moving parts,” and this section reviews these from a high level. Although in most cases a My Site environment will be “up and running,” it is important for the farm administrator to understand the various components that need to be in place for the My Site environment to function. This will be especially useful if users report errors or issues with their personal sites.

The User Profile service application is generally created when the farm is provisioned, unless either something goes wrong in the process or the person configuring the farm decides not to allow the wizard to configure the User Profile service application automatically. It ...

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