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We use a combination of the SharePoint 2010 User Profile Service and the Managed Metadata Service to track employee skills, certifications, education, etc. I know I can set the Default Privacy Setting for each User Profile Property, however, can we restrict which options are available for the privacy setting?<br />
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Ideally, on each User Profile Property, we would like &quot;My Manager&quot; as the only available privacy option. Is this possible?
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We use a combination of the SharePoint 2010 User Profile Service and the Managed Metadata Service to track employee skills, certifications, education, etc. I know I can set the Default Privacy Setting for each User Profile Property, however, can we restrict which options are available for the privacy setting?

Ideally, on each User Profile Property, we would like "My Manager" as the only available privacy option. Is this possible?

SharePoint 2010 User Profile Property Permissions

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