Enable users or groups to use personal and social features

Use this procedure to configure the user permissions for personal and social features.

To enable users or groups to use personal and social features

1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
   • To use the SharePoint Central Administration website to enable users or groups to use personal and social features, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators group, or you must have been delegated permission to administer the User Profile service application that is running in the farm. For more information, see Delegate administration of User Profile service applications in SharePoint Server 2013.
2. In Central Administration, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.
3. In the list of service applications, click User Profile Service Application.
4. On the Manage Profile Service: User Profile Service Application page, in the People group, click Manage User Permissions.
5. On the Permissions for User Profile Service Application page, type or select a user or group account, and then click Add.
6. In the Permissions for box, check the feature or features that you want the user or group to be able to use, and then click OK.