C H A P T E R 4
People and Profiles
SharePoint 2010 revolves around user collaboration. User collaboration thrives with user adoption of a SharePoint system, and for a SharePoint site to engage users requires integration of user identity in the system. In Chapter 3, I explained security, and focused on user identity as it pertains to authentication in the SharePoint 2010 platform. In this chapter, I will discuss user profiles, which map user identity to the details about said users.
Each user profile in SharePoint 2010 retains metadata about a person using the SharePoint system, such as their role in the organization, photo, summary of skills, office demographics, and so on. After reading this chapter you will know what constitutes a user profile ...
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