Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Customizing My Site

Paperback: 114 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press (September 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735662088
ISBN-13: 978-0735662087

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Customize your implementation of My Site in Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010—and capture the enthusiasm for social networking in your organization. With this concise, practical guide, SharePoint expert Michael Doyle shows you how to modify key My Site features to meet specific business needs. You’ll learn how to apply best practices, tackle hard-to-solve problems—and create a valuable sense of community for your employees. It’s the ideal quick reference for IT and business professionals alike.

Take charge of social networking opportunities with a custom My Site solution!

Set up My Site user profiles with Active Directory® data
Help users share ideas, documents, and personal information
Create several My Site hosts to serve distinct audiences
Establish unified profiles across multiple SharePoint farms
Apply your company’s look and feel with themes
Determine a user content quota to avoid taxing your database
Manage metadata to keep user tags consistent on each site
Edit profile properties to personalize the Twitter widget

About the Author
Michael Doyle, MCTS, MCSD, MCSE, currently works as the SharePoint Architect for Waggener Edstrom, one of the leading PR companies with offices around the world. Michael has been working almost exclusively with SharePoint for the last seven years. He has been in the software arena professionally for the last 20 years and has worked for companies such as A-dec, FedEx, Intel, NETWARCOM, Deloitte and Touche, HCA, Vanderbilt, and others. Michael has also done consulting, teaching, and professional software development. He is a frequent speaker and presenter at SharePoint conferences. He received his B.E. and M.S. from Vanderbilt University. In his spare time, he likes to kayak and travel. He currently lives in Santa Cruz, CA.