I first introduced Service Applications and User Profile Service Synchronization back when SharePoint 2010 was in beta, and as many of you who would have attempted this feat, would have come to realize that there were a couple of known issues, in particular those around utilizing a least privilege model with service accounts. I’m confident in stating that these issues have now been resolved with RTM and in today’s article I will share with you my step by step guide in setting up the User Profile Service application , focusing on its configuration and administration and how we can enable the creation of user profiles via an Active Directory import .
SharePoint 2010 introduces the notion of “Service Applications” which build’s upon the “Shared Services Provider (SSP)” which was introduced in SharePoint 2007. Service Applications are individual services that can be configured independently and can be shared across other sites within your farm with some service applications that can also be configured across farms.
The individual service applications provided with SharePoint 2010 are listed as follows;
- Access Services
- Business Data Connectivity
- Document Conversion
- Excel Services
- Managed Metadata Service
- PerformancePoint
- Search Service
- Secure Store
- State Service
- Visio Graphics Service
- User Profile Service
This article will build upon our initial SharePoint 2010 install utilizing the least privilege model which I have documented here, so check it out if you haven’t already done so.
Managed Metadata Service
The User Profile service requires that the Managed Metadata Service is setup and configured first before attempting setting up our first User Profile Service. The Managed Metadata service allows you to utilize managed metadata and provides you with the ability to share content types across sites. You can read more about Managed Metadata here.
To setup our Managed Metadata Service, navigate to Central Administration / Application Management / Manage Service Applications.
Enter the follow details;
Name: Managed Metadata Service
Database Server: <server_name>
Database Name: Managed Metadata DB
I will utilize the sp_farm account for the Application Pool Identity.
Click Create.
Lastly, navigate to Central Administration / System Settings / Manage services on server and start theManaged Metadata Web Service.
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