SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

Managing My Colleagues in My Site

As previously mentioned in the section "Restricting Views of your My Site," the default members of your My Colleagues list are your direct reports, your manager, and your peers. You can add other members to this list and then restrict views of this list based on Privacy Groups. There are plenty of other options for managing your My Colleagues list.

Adding a Member to My Colleagues

1. On your My Site, click Colleagues in Quick Launch. Alternatively, if you are just getting started, under "Get Started with My Site," click "Identify the people you know."

2. On the My Colleagues list toolbar, click Add Colleagues.

3. On the Add Colleagues page, in the Identify Colleagues area, do one of the following:

   • To add the name of someone you know, type the user's name in the Type Names field, as in Figure 21-15, and click the "check names" icon.

     

     Figure 21-15. Adding a name in the Type Names field

   • To search for a user's name, click the Browse button next to Type Names. When the Select People dialog box appears, type some part of the user's name in the field, as in Figure 21-16. Click the magnifying glass to start the search. Look through the search results until you find the name of the desired user, and click Add.

4. After the names have been added, as in Figure 21-17, to filter who can see the new member's name in the My Colleagues list, type the name of one of the privacy groups ...