You do not see a link to the home page of the portal site in a personal site that you created in SharePoint Server 2007

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SYMPTOMS

You click My Site to connect to a personal site that you created in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. However, after you connect to the personal site, you do not see a link to the home page of the portal site.

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CAUSE

By default, personal sites in SharePoint Server 2007 do not include a link to the portal site.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use one or both of the following methods.

Method 1: Configure the connection to the portal site

Configure the connection to the portal site. After you do this, a link to the portal site appears in the upper-left corner of the home page of the personal site. To configure the connection to the portal site, follow these steps:

Connect to the My Site personal site, click the down arrow next to Site Actions, and then click Site Settings.
On the Site Settings page, click Portal site connection under Site Collection Administration.
On the Portal Site Connection page, click Connect to the portal site.
In the Portal Web Address box, type the URL of the portal site. In the Portal Name box, type the name of the portal site, and then click OK.

Method 2: Use the SharePoint object model to create a script

Use the SharePoint object model to create a script that displays a link to the portal site on the personal site. Use this method for existing personal sites that are already created. The following is an example of a script that displays a link to the portal site.

foreach (UserProfile u in new UserProfileManager(ServerContext.Default))
{
	using (SPSite site = u.PersonalSite)
	{
		if (site != null)
		{
			site.PortalUrl = xxx;
			site.PortalName = xxx;
			site.Update();
		}
	}
}

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