1. Open SharePoint Central Administration.
2. Under the Security area, click the Manage the farm administrators group link. The People and Groups - Farm Administrators page appears.



SharePoint Central Administration

3. Open the New menu and select Add Users. A dialog window titled Grant Permissions displays.



Select Add Users

4. Type the name of the account that you want to be a farm administrator, with domain name, in the box at the top of the dialog.
5. Click the Check user icon below the box to validate the username you just entered. When you have it correct, click the OK button.

Grant Permission window

1. Open SharePoint Central Administration.
2. Under the Application Management area, click the Manage Service Applications link.



Click Manage Service Applications

3. From the list that appears, highlight User Profile Service Application (but do not click on the name itself, which navigates away to a different page).



Highlight User Profile Service Application

4. In the menu area, click Administrators. A dialog window titled Administrators for the User Profile Service Application displays.
5. Type the name of the account that you want to be an administrator, with domain name, in the box at the top of the dialog.
6. Click the Check user icon below the box to validate the username you just enetered. When you have it correct, click the Add button.
7. Make sure this account is now selected in the middle box.
8. In the Permissions for <user>box at the bottom, check Full Control.
9. Click OK to close the dialog.



Administrators for the User Profile Service Application window

Open SharePoint Central Administration.

1. Under the Application Management area, click the Manage Service Applications link.
2. From the list that appears, select the service application of type User Profile Service Application (but do not click on the name itself, which navigates away to a different page).



Highlight User Profile Service Application

3. In the menu area, click Permissions. A dialog window titled Connection Permissions for User Profile Service Application displays.



Click Permissions

4. Type the name of the account, with domain name, to which you want to grant connection/invoking permissions to the User Profile Service Application, in the box at the top of the dialog.
5. Click the Check user icon below the box to validate the username you just entered. When you have it correct, click the Add button.
6. Make sure this account is now selected in the middle box.
7. In the Permissions … box at the bottom, check Full Control.
8. Click OK to close the dialog.

Connection Permissions for User Profile Service Application window