Do you remove ‘My Site’ and ‘My Profile’ if you are not using them?

My Site and My Profile< are great but if you are not using them, it makes sense to remove them:

You can follow below steps to hide “My Site” and “My Profile”. There are a few options, based on what you need to do:

Delete the association (not recommended)

1. Going to Central Admin | Application Management | Service Applications | Configure service application associations, and choose “default” link:

2. Uncheck the “User Profile Service Application” in the opened page, then click “OK”:

Customize permissions for only some people to have access to create personal site

You can remove it for most people - but leave it for only some users.

1. Go to Central Admin | Application Management | Service Applications | Manage service applications, and click the link of “User Profile Service Application”, navigate to its manage page:

2. Click People | Manage User Permissions, you can customize the user profile permission for specific users:

Delete the service (recommended if you don't need the service at all in your farm)

Note: You can always create it later if you need it in the future.

1. Go to Central Admin | Application Management | Service Applications | Manage service applications, and select “User Profile Service Application”, then click the “Delete” button on the ribbon:

::: greybox Note: Later on if you want to get My Site working read these 2 links... unless Microsoft creates a services that fixes User Profile Synchronization service. Thanks to Mark Rhodes for these tips:

• “Stuck on Starting”: Common Issues with SharePoint Server 2010 User Profile Synchronization
• Rational Guide to implementing SharePoint Server 2010 User Profile Synchronization :::