My
Site is a feature of SharePoint Server through which every user can
have his or her own personal site. The personal site can hold private
document libraries and lists that are shown and available only to the
site owner . The site can also hold
public document libraries and lists where the user can collaborate with
other users.
To create a personal site, click the [your name] button at the top-right corner of a SharePoint site’s page. From the menu that opens, choose the My Site option (refer to Figure 1).
If
the link to My Site doesn’t appear, it could be for one of two reasons:
Either you are working on a site that has SPF only (and not SharePoint
Server) or the site manager disabled the option to create a personal
site. If the link is not shown and you are sure that the site is using
SharePoint Server, contact your administrator and ask for the link to
My Site.
By default, clicking on the My Site option does not
automatically create a personal site for you. Instead, doing so shows
you the newsfeed page. To create your personal site, click on the My
Content option in the top navigation bar. If you don’t yet have a
personal site, and the administrator allows personal sites to be
created, a personal site is created for you.
After the site is created, a
dialog might appear (depending on the browser you are using), asking if
you want to configure My Site for Microsoft Office so that Microsoft
Office remembers your My Site for opening and saving files. This is a
useful feature that adds a link to the personal site in Microsoft
Office applications so you can get to it easily when you are saving or
opening a file. This makes it easier for you to save documents to your
personal site from Microsoft Office applications. If you select not to
configure it, a Set as Default My Site link appears in the top of the
site to enable you to configure it in the future.
Your personal site is then created and ready for you (see Figure 1).
