SharePointers

Because SharePoint will display active links to MySites that might not exist, I was asked to "pre-create" all of the MySites before an upcoming rollout to prevent any confusion from "broken" links. I found a tool at codeplex called TIN that seemed to do what I needed, but it was a little clunky so I rewrote it. The new version is incredibly simple, but it might save somone some time so I thought I'd share. Basic features include: Bulk creation of MySites for entries in the ProfileManager Bulk deletion of MySites for entries in the ProfileManager List profiles from the ProfileManager and whether they have a MySite Robust logging and error handling Save-to-File for log results Multiple threads for long-running operations and smoother screen updates The source code isn't so beautiful, but here it is . Feel free to make any changes you like, and let us know if it worked for you. Also, if you do make changes and want to share, just send it in and we'l...

During the configuration of the SharePoint site, per Scot Hillier's book you are instructed to set up the Shared Services Provider creating separate Web Applications for the Shared Services (on port 8080) and Personal sites (on port 8081). Once I did this I continued on until I got to the Shared Services section of the book (chapter 4) and began playing with the My Site feature. The first thing I noticed (after enabling Self Service Site creation) was that each My Site I tried to create (as various different users) would fail. I began digging through the Central Admin and went to the Shared Services administration. On the 'User Profile and My Sites' section, click the 'My Site Settings' link and ensure that in the 'Personal Site Services' section the 'Personal Site Provider' is your Web Application you indicated as your Personal Sites Application (if you followed the book's instructions in setting up Shared Services it should be the app on p...