Let's see how to configure a managed metadata service application in SharePoint 2013.
Open SharePoint Central Administration.
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Click on Manage service application.
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Add users under the term store administrators and grant permission to create a term and term sets.
Addded CRAZYSHAREPOINT\Spadmin
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Click Save.
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Click on new group.
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Create a new group named books.
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Click under the created group to create a new term set.
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Enter SPAdmin as group manager permissions.
Now I will create a new term set under books.
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Create a new group named "Books".
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Create a term set named "SharePoint".
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Create the terms:
SharePoint Developer
SharePoint Administrator
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Now open a team site.
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Create a Document Library.
Create a new column named Category → Column type: Managed Metadata.
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Select your term set.
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Now your Document Library looks like this:
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Now upload a new document as in the following:
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Click Save.
Now the created terms have been added to the documents.
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Happy SharePoint.
Regards: Vinodh.N (Sharepoint Developer\Administrator)