How to change My Site Host Url

Personal sites are normally in a separate web application, such as http://spserver:800

If users had created their personal sites, is it possible to change the My Site path to make the Url more user friendly(such as http://myspserver) ?

Yes, we can. It turns out quite easy, and we even don't need to move any personal sites.

1. Extend the web application to another IIS Web Site and then change AAM

So we can access the personal sites through http://myspserver

2. Change the user profile service "MySiteHostUrl" through PowerShell scripts


Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell 

$AnySiteCollectionUrl = "http://AnySPSite/"
$site = Get-SPSite $AnySiteCollectionUrl

$context = Get-SPServiceContext($site) 
$pm = new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($context) 

Write-Host "previous My Site Host Url: " $pm.MySiteHostUrl -ForegroundColor Yellow;

$pm.MySiteHostUrl = ""
$pm.MySiteHostUrl = "http://myspserver/"
Write-Host "new My Site Host Url: " $pm.MySiteHostUrl -ForegroundColor Yellow;

$site.Dispose()

Write-Host "Finished! Press enter key to exit." -ForegroundColor Green
Read-Host

3. Change "PictureUrl" for all user profiles

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell 

$AnySiteCollectionUrl = "http://AnySPSite/"

$patternToReplace = "http://spserver:800" 

$patternToReplaceWith = "http://myspserver" 

$site = Get-SPSite $AnySiteCollectionUrl

$context = Get-SPServiceContext($site) 

$profileManager = new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($context) 

Write-Host "profileManager.Count: " $profileManager.Count -ForegroundColor Yellow;

$profiles = $profileManager.GetEnumerator()

foreach ($userProfile in $profiles) {

if($userProfile["PictureUrl"].Value -ne $null)

{

Write-Host "AccountName: " $userProfile["AccountName"].Value ", PictureUrl: " $userProfile["PictureUrl"].Value -ForegroundColor Yellow;

$oldUrl = $userProfile["PictureUrl"].Value

if($oldUrl -match $patternToReplace){ 

$userProfile["PictureUrl"].Value = $oldUrl.Replace($patternToReplace, $patternToReplaceWith) 

$userProfile.Commit() 

Write-Host "new PictureUrl: " $userProfile["PictureUrl"].Value -ForegroundColor Yellow;

} 

}

}

$site.Dispose()

Write-Host "Finished! Press enter key to exit." -ForegroundColor Green

Read-Host

4. Done.

References:

Remove the My Site Host Location URL in SharePoint 2010

Default user profile properties (SharePoint Server 2010)

Create all users’ personal site via Powershell script – Sharepoint 2010

SharePoint 2010: Iterate User profiles and change user property (Powershell)