My Sites

Each My Site in SharePoint exists as a personal site collection for individuals in the organization. My Sites provide a space for users to store documents, host custom and stock lists, access their profile information, show their news, contribute thru a blog, feed, and so on.

Image Note SharePoint 2010 does not require users to have a My Site to view their User Profile information.

Creating the My Site Host Site Collection

In the previous chapter, I included brief details to create a My Site Host application, which is the main IIS-based application to which all My Site collections bind. It is not necessary to have a My Site host application, ...

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