In Central Administration, in the Application Management section, select Manage web applications. We recommend that My Sites be in a separate web application, although the web application can be in an application pool that is shared with other collaboration sites, or it can be in a separate application pool but in a shared IIS website. The first thing we need to do is to create a web application for the My Sites site. Under Application Pool, from the Use existing application pool list, select SharePoint Web Services Default.

In the Database Name box, enter a name for the database. In the Name box, enter a name for the service application. Select New, and then select Managed Metadata Service. In the Central Administration website, under Application Management, select Manage service applications. To create a Managed Metadata service application Managed Metadata serviceįirst, let's create a Managed Metadata service application. For more info about managed metadata, see Plan for managed metadata in SharePoint Server. Careful planning is required for both services if you intend to use them for additional functionality in SharePoint Server. The following provides basic steps to configure the Managed Metadata and Users Profile service applications to provide OneDrive functionality in SharePoint Server. Setting up OneDrive in a SharePoint Server on-premises environment requires the following services to be running on your farm:

Verify that OneDrive is available to your usersīefore proceeding with setup, review planning considerations you might need to address that are described in Plan for OneDrive in SharePoint Server. When setting up Microsoft OneDrive in your SharePoint Server on-premises environment, an IT-administrator will need to go through the following steps:Įnable the Recently Shared Items (RSI) cache to quickly populate the Shared with Me view For more info about administering OneDrive, see OneDrive admin help. This article describes how to set up OneDrive in a SharePoint Server on-premises environment, and does not describe OneDrive in a Microsoft 365 environment.

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