Portfolio and Technology Blog: 20 Years of Tinkering

This article is just fantastic.  It covers everything you need to know to setup and configure the UPS (user profile service) in SharePoint.

sharepointgeorge.com

One note:  the service account used for the UPS sync will require "Replicate Directory Changes permission in AD.  Setup instructions here:

blog.bugrapostaci.com/

If you've ever come across the following error when looking at Sharepoint 2010 My Sites:

There was a problem retrieving data for this field. Updating values in this field is disabled temporarily. You can still update values in other fields.

Look no further.  This is why:

www.wictorwilen.se

However, you will need to first configure your Managed Metadata Service.  Great Instructions here:

salaudeen.blogspot.com