Subtypes are a way of classifying users with a more granular set of properties. Companies have many types of users. Here are some of the types:
Consultants
Employees (Hourly/Salary)
Interns
Retired employees
This recipe will show how to create a subtype and classify someone.
You must have farm-level administrative permissions to the Central Administration site. The User Profile Service should be running with users from Active Directory.
1. Open the Central Administration screen and click Application Management.
2. The third section is Service Applications. Under this section, click Manage service applications.
3. Find User Profile Service Application and left-click to the right of the name— the line will be highlighted. Click Manage on the ribbon.
4. Under the section named People, click Manage User Sub-types.
5. The following page will be displayed:
Enter the value as Consultant for the Name as well as the Display Name... field.
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