My Site allows each person with access to SharePoint to maintain their own site. This site is intended to contain personal information (name, department, job title) as well as details on the employee's work activities. For example, a person can post interesting links and documents to share with others. It is also a full SharePoint site where employees can create their own web pages, document libraries, lists and calendars. A portion of each My Site is open to other SharePoint clients.
ICT has chosen not to enable the My Site feature for the initial deployment. The reasons for this decision are:
- Privacy issues. The University needs to consider how My Site fits into the current privacy laws and formulate appropriate policies around it.
- Support and training. It is unclear how much support people will require to use My Site. Since it is a full SharePoint site, this could require a significant effort. ICT does not have adequate support resources at this time.
- Policies. The University needs to define policies such as who can create a My Site, how much storage they get, when and how often unused sites get cleaned up, and what type of information people are allowed to post.
