We get asked occasionally what is the best way to turn off the My Site and/or My Link links on a MOSS 2007 Server. The reasons vary but one common scenario is that when introducing a new system, like pmPoint for tracking and managing projects, users new to SharePoint can focus better on the new system if there are less distractions on the page - at least to begin with. So some organizations prefer to disable the My Site link for instance.

There are a number of ways to disable these features however if you want to disable them on the entire SharePoint Server a SharePoint systems administrator can:

1. Go to the SharePoint Administration Web Page
   
2. Click on the link under the Shared Services Administration heading (which will probably be SharedServices1). If there is more than one shared services link you may need to cycle through them to find the appropriate one i.e. the one running the feature(s) to be disabled
   
3. Under 'User Profiles and My Sites' click ‘Personalization services permissions'
   
4. Select the group(s) to disable the feature on. It is probably going to be either the NT Authority\Authenticated Users only or all groups.
   
5. Select the Modify Permissions of Selected Users action
   1. To disable My Sites uncheck 'Create personal site'
      
   2. To disable My Links uncheck 'Use personal features'