Create My Site

To create a My Site host site collection

1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
   • To create a My Site host site collection, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer running the SharePoint Central Administration Web site or a service application administrator for the services related to My Sites. If you are a service application administrator, you must also have permission to create site collections in the Web application that you dedicate to host My Sites.
2. In SharePoint Central Administration, click Application Management and then click Create site collections. The Create Site Collection page opens.
3. In Web Application, ensure that the selected Web application is the Web application that you want to host My Sites. If it is not, expand the list and then click Change Web Application. The Select Web Application dialog box opens and you can select a different Web application.
4. In Title and Description, type a title and description for the site collection.
5. In Web Site Address, select the URL where you want this site collection created. Generally, you should use the default path (which displays as / in the user interface), which is the root of the Web application. For more information about this path, see My Sites architecture in the "Plan for My Sites" article.
6. In Template Selection, select the Enterprise tab and then click My Site Host.
7. In Primary Site Collection Administrator, and optionally in Secondary Site Collection Administrator, type an account in the format domain\user_name to specify an administrator for the site collection.
8. Optionally, in Quota Template, select a quota template for the My Site host site collection. This quota template does not affect the individual site collections that users create for their My Sites. For more information, see Planning for storage requirements in the "Plan for My Sites" article.
9. Copy this site collection URL for later reference.